Poem | Who is not a beggar?

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By cupid51

A street beggar

With shabby cloth,

Filthy hair and untidy beard,

Was begging money.

Some passers by

Were throwing some coins,

And others were flying

Ignoring the existence

Of the dirty man.

I approached him,

 And gave a coin,

And also through,

 Some free advice:

“Why are you begging?

Be ashamed of

For what you are doing.

Try to get a job,

Earn your bread.”

The man stared at me,

Then whispered,

“Who is not a beggar?

I only beg

To earn my own bread!

But you people?

The biggest beggar!

You beg for wealth,

You beg for health,

Beg for power,

And everything,

You need or do not need!

Even God is fed up,

With your blatant act!

You want to grasp

All that you can get,

But don’t know that

God has set the destiny,

For you as well as me!”

Comments

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christinecook 2 years ago

What an incredible poem,to read.What truth,you hit the nail on the head.Very powerful.Thank you for sharing it.

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cupid51 Hub Author 2 years ago

Thank you very much christinecook for visiting my hub and leaving such a beautiful and encouraging comment.

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Moulik Mistry 2 years ago

Wonderful writing, so simply put together...

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cupid51 Hub Author 2 years ago

Thanks Moulik! As always I get encouraged by your comments! Thanks for visiting!

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mythbuster Level 3 Commenter 20 months ago

This poem is a powerful message about acceptance of others and a huge reminder to search ourselves for our own motives concerning what we're doing in life, cupid51. Voted up - this is awesome!

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cupid51 Hub Author 20 months ago

Thank you mythbuster for such an wonderful analysis of my poem! This will work like vitamin for me in future!

Kaushan 11 months ago

awsome poem

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wwolfs Level 5 Commenter 5 weeks ago

Nice poem with a powerful message. Thanks for sharing!

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