Saturday, December 19, 2009

Gifted Already

I still take part in customs of peace and joy,
and try to be that deserving good boy.
But as exchanges have merit where good intent is meant,
I'm happy just with civility, and simple caring, to be content.

With warm lodging, enough food, and comforts of life,
not in fear, violence, and never-ending strife.
There's justice, freedom, and protection in society,
not the chronic cruelty and grief of others' anxiety.

We acquire things to fill some needs,
then follow ads to spend and give - those marketing creeds.
While more things don't always make us content,
Others hope for new ways for energies to be spent.

We are lucky to be here I know is cliché,
it's just that we had no input on where we would stay.
We didn't determine what place to be born,
the "I" in us could here, there, or could be foreign.

Whether luck or a gift, how fortunate to be in peace and free,
that beaten brother, and tortured sis on tv, could be you, could be me.
That Guatemalan woman, stripped by a mob, about to be set on fire,
makes me wonder why her birth place was not mine, and senselessly dire.

As we search for loved ones' gifts at stores like the Gap,
its other meaning is all over the map.
Live news broadcasts the strife of the poor,
and it makes me want less, more and more.

12 comments:

Jon said...

a beautifully disquieting poem... think that there's a specter of Marx floating through these words...

nicely done

Charlie said...

had posted this comment previously from another pc, and a different name appeared.. so a repost of my response here .. under real name

.. maybe a bit of a socialist feeling here :). Just a quickly thrown together group of words from boredom at the time.. Thanks very much for your comment.

Anonymous said...

touched my heart this post.. so well thought and put.. WOw I think you need to write more poetry dear friend you are wonderful

I to have had those thoughts as well and has left me thinking less of what I WANT and what I really am blessed with now
TY for the reminder

MERRY XMAS

Charlie said...

Inky, when I read this story last week, it just was another hard reminder of how awful so many in the world have it.

Thanks so much for you kind support, and you keep writing and sharing your wonderful poetry too. Merry Christmas to you and family!

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