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Ungrateful
Take and receive.
For that is all you know.
The word give hasn't been set in your heart.
You take and take.
But then there is nothing left.
For the people who you took from stopped giving.
Take and receive.
For that is all you know.
The word give hasn't been set in your heart.
You take and take.
But then there is nothing left.
For the people who you took from stopped giving.
A Poem About Many
I am writing my autobiog and your poem touches the theme that keeps coming back often. Taking is what children do because they must, maturity means giving as well as accepting with humility and grace (knowing values of emotions and--yes--hard currency). I sense the undercurrents, the declaration holds many nuances, the image is a universal, old as the earth's seen stars - Lady A