Poems of LENT ENVY & GREED

 Poems of LENT

ENVY

Need?   Want?  Desire?   Craving?

Are these  stages of Greed?

Since day one we all have a natural need

For the basics of life which must be met

Then come things we would want to get

Normal reaction to the goodness of life

Posessions Positions to gain without strife

To be inspired by another’s success

Can be a plan for those with much less

Desire and craving are not just a dream

They can be part of life’s scheme

The path  is there for all to travel

Setbacks puzzles to unravel

The key to life’s quest

Is work. WORK and do your best

Envy is jealousy at its worst

Your hopes and dreams it will burst

Next step down is Greed

From which you can’t be Freed

Greed

Somewhere it is writ and I believe I did read.
That this world wouldn't function if it wasn't for greed.

All men of peace; And this is a fact,
Have been feared by the mighty and put to the rack.
Whether to be stoned by a mob or nailed to a tree.
The mighty allow this. How can this be?

When a man of peace is considered a threat.
The final solution is to put him to death.
Then; deny that it happened and try to forget.

It may be they fear, for men to be freed.
For this would limit their unsatisfied greed