Give and Take

looking out over grey, snow covered fields,

I know there are words unspoken, ideas unknown,

unfulfilled dreams and untold stories slipping away,

like ships passing in the fog of night;

the world goes on just the same;

I know that time passes with or without our permission,

I know that there is nothing new under the sun,

I know that we live in a give and take world,

designed to be perfectly balanced between the two,

a world where what you take, should be equal to what you give,

where everyday the sum total of your losses and gains

should be exactly zero;

but this is not a perfect world,

this is not a world where things go as designed,

this is a world where those who can         do,

and those who can’t           don’t,

a place where those who take, take more,

and those who give, give more,

until there is no more to give or take,

those who have given it all, simply die or disappear,

never to be seen or heard from again,

while those who take,

look around for fresh victims on which to feed;

this is a world where children starve to death,

while great banquets and feasts are held just around the corner,

a society where old people freeze to death in cold, dark houses,

while fortunes are spent on electricity for Christmas

decorations and lights,

a land where money makes you right,

and lack of it makes you wrong,

despite being denied from church pulpits

around the world;

it is a give and take world,

but the day is almost here,

when there will be nothing left to take,

when the scales will be balanced,

and all that is wrong will be made right.

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