Gravestone

Matthew 12:30

30 “Anyone who isn’t with Me opposes Me, and anyone who isn’t working

with Me is actually working against Me.

 

“Use it wisely” it is said ... but to whose advantage?

Are not most investments made for selfish reasons?

All for one but me for self ... always on the rampage

At the expense of others ... here in or out of season

 

Keep on dreaming folks ... I live for myself

Me, mine and ours always on top of the list

I will share leftovers ... you know that very well

if they are spoiled a bit makes this another twist

 

Carve it on my gravestone ... in letters not to smear

“A dearly departed here who thought only of himself”

“He dried up to the bone in his self-chosen sphere

Never knew how to "live” as others observed so well

 

Jan Wienen

 

This poem is about: 
My community
My country
Our world

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