All That Glitters
Be mindful of your wishes lest fate should smite thee down.
What you think might bring a smile sometimes brings a frown.
Nowhere is it written happiness can be bought.
Too often excess riches are a trap wherein we’re caught.
Sometimes pristine palaces can turn into a cage
for those who sell contentment for a daily wage.
If fairy stories are the tales on which your hopes you gauge,
remember that their characters are prisoners of the page.
Those in ivory towers far above the earth
may not smell the flowers or recognize their dearth.
It’s one thing to be hungry, ill-provided for and flustered,
but once you have enough and your daily needs are mustered,
if you want to win the game of life, be sure to share the ball.
Just relax. Enjoy your life. You do not need it all.
Prompt words today are mindful, smite, pristine, fluster and nowhere.
Image by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash, used with permission.
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
Very well expressed. I cannot agree more.
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Well done little lady, ain’t it the truth~!~!~! The best way is to work for it in every way you know how; then find the joy of what you have instead of wishing for more~!
Except I sure wish I could afford that new ELECTRIC car by Volkswagen~! Maybe some of those candy doubloons I got at New Orleans Mardi Gras are worth something~!
SAM
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Very well written Judy.
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Nicely penned, Judy 🙂
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Thanks, Hammad.
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Oh yes, every one of the fates love to keep tripping me down!
A lovely poem about the debilitation of greed and the happiness of giving. Well done.
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You’re so good at couplets and rhyming!
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