Launchorasince 2014
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God of Riches and A Poor Girl

  • As Kubair, The India God of Riches was loathing the poor
  • His gaze fell upon one such woman; poor yet rich.
  • Poor of things she didn't want.
  • And Rich of things we all need.
  • Like an enormous mountain, he stood.
  • Hovering around him was the hoax of being suffice.
  • Like a beautiful strong river,  she moved.
  • Smoothing every bit of ego she could find.
  • Poor; she turned the God of Riches.
  • And at the same time as rich, as anyone wishes.
  • Blinded they both were; one by the shine of something meaningless.
  • The other, by that which rendered everything, the same.
  • " For my family, I have nothing to provide,
  • I own no asset that could loan me pride,
  • I have a disease that I don't have money to cure,
  • But the shallow in your soul is what makes me obscure"
  • Something you don't see everyday,
  • Jealousy; in the eyes of someone who never considered giving anything away.
  • Purity; such that could belittle a Kohinoor.
  • Heart; which could live for a thousands more.
  • Beauty;  that could melt the coldest glacier.
  • Breath; which stopped the moment He fell in love with her.
  • As He held Her lifeless body in His arms, seeking redemption,
  • He understood the beautiful game of deception. 
  • How convincingly we are tricked into succumbing to greed.
  • Giving away all that we really need.
  • How our sense our completion, 
  • Often comes from things that don't really complete us.
  • How what we seek, more often than not
  • Leaves us more empty than we would have been,
  • Had we not chased the riches instead of what makes one feel rich.
  • The greedy God then wished with all his power,
  • That everyone gets what they want, so they find out that it's not the answer.
  • That we don't feel fulfilled when we are. 
  • We are fulfilled, when we know that we already are.

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