Going Backwards

Going Backwards

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Dance to the tune of yesterdays promise
Hope for the pay out on another days win,
Cast around for that magical formula
Knowing that lotto is primarily spin.
Frantically poised with high expectations,
Ready to pounce on that first lucky break,
Keeping the ace card carefully hidden
Waste it and you'll be as mad as a snake.
 
What determines the gap between winners and losers,
What is the difference in the mode of approach?
Is the talent to guess what's round the corner
The key to dismantling this realm of reproach?
Happiness rests on a knife edge balance
Having too many is as bad as too few,
Suspicion that others are stealing it off you
Destroys you as much as poverty will do.
 
How many fat cats are really ecstatic,
How many lie awake in their beds?
Tossing and turning, worrying, burning.
Suspicion and avarice tormenting their heads.
On the other hand poorness is no picnic either,
Hardship and hunger are no friends of mine.
Destitution and cranial aimlessness....
Lost to the world and a great waste of time.
 
So what have you got? What is the answer?
Go for broke and bugger the cost?
Walk over your mates and live with the consequence
Or hold back and join the legions of lost?
As I walk through the valley of death I ponder,
Lost in this web of lust and intrigue,
Am I coming to terms with greed and confusion
Or going backwards and starting to bleed?
 
Marshalg
At the Gate
Mangere Bridge
4th January 2008
 
 
 

Reviews

[Marshal Gebbie]

This is a personal review of rationale wrt wealth and how you go about making it..Took me a while and two fortunes won and lost... but I made it.. I'm a happy chappie now with my mortgage and steady engaging labour!

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I feel heart-tugging emotions and sadness through out this read. I really liked the last line, summary at its finest....xo