Being Impoverished or Am I?

2008

the house the car the money have all disappeared

its a struggle somedays being in financial arears

I owe everyone and their brother

and am falling further behind

I have my moments when I ask myself

what was I thinking?

Living by myself

On near poverty wages.

lonely

fragile feelings at time invade

going through all these stages

Losing all these material "things" and semi security

no one else to share the brunt of this with me

but even now there is joy in my soul

a peace in the hurricane.

This earthly matter

that consumed so much of my time and energy

is leaving me weightless

free to be whole

piercing through as a shard of laser light

shining through

dissecting what seemed to be reality

cutting it down and blessing me

taking this burden from

me

material things be gone

except that which I need

bring me to that place where I effect

harmony and caring to those around

as the dross is taken out of my spirit.