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JOURNAL #34

I remain

full of love

as I live in a land

built on hope

but

what if I had been born

in a land

filled with despair

and little else

I still believe

with the soul I possess

that I would be full of hope

as its a hope not of this world

and hope like despair

are just two choices

one has on how one wishes

to view his or her  world

others may disagree

but they are they

entitled to their view

as I am me

for I stand to buttress my

deep inner belief

with proof many times over

witnessed

by aid workers

among the poorest in the world

you will still find a simple

inexplicable inner happiness

and subsequent humor

for no matter how dim

the circumstances

the soul that  navigates such

abysmal waters is

internally bright

bearing witness to hardship

but shining its light upon

the most humble of habitat

and beautifying such place

as the cradle of their very existence

after all

to the soul human born

where ever they live

that is bequeathed to them by God

as their home

no matter how sparse, wretched or

brief their dwelling

that is why

it is the poorest child that laughs

loudest

for the lord greatly blesseth

even as he maketh thee to

so harshly endure

'tis but for the better meant

of thine soul's education

so pity not the poor

rather aid them gladly

and respect such souls

so advanced that they are

willing to endure more hardship

than say a middle class life

lived out to a comfortable

elderly death

some where

in the heart of

the abundance

that is

the western diagram

while though to the masses it

would seem one with so many

materials is advantaged

really

from the view of our soul's home

quite the reverse I dare admit

is the more likely great truth...............

(Sept. 4, 2008 9pm)

Author's Notes/Comments: 

inspired by a documentary of sorts I watched about poor people in various extremely poor countries and how many times they were not feeling so wretched like they were so desperately poor that they could not be happy that really inspired me. Me, with so much and though I am quite happy I would say, many in that documentary seemed even happier than I would admit of myself. this poem came of those very thoughts.

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