If You Happen To Own The Pot And The World Poem by Niki Nicholas Nkuna

Nice smell of food invites the hungry
Don’t chase them away if you happen to own the pot
Enjoy the food with them without shame and pride,

Love what you have but not more than the people
For your possessions are beautiful not to your eyes only
But to all people you know and don’t know,
You will know by them the highs and lows of the barometer
Of beauty and ugliness of your possessions,
You will enjoy them possessions by them if not alone to die,

Beautiful things attract and leave a taste of desire
To appreciate, to taste and take, or let it be,
If you happen to own the world, love it and let everything in it bloom,
Let nature take its course through a merry go round,
Of beauty, ugly and vice versa,
N Nkuna,24 March 2013