Worth Poem by Abhishek Singh

Worth

Rating: 5.0


A pinch of salt makes delicious food disappear in matter of a wink,

While an extra bit of it makes all of it go down the sink.



We pass by on the road, being insensitive to oozing pool of other’s blood,

While after shedding few drops of ours, It seems as if we lost our world.



The destitute children get starved for a hug of benevolence,

While their educated counterparts treat parent’s over affection as interference.



A handful of sand seeping out symbolizes the whole year,

While each passing minute in an exam, prove to be ever so dear.



A tiny matchstick helps us get into the religious sheath,

While the same one’s capable enough to push us seven minutes closer to death.



A bottle of water may be used to flavor the wine,

The same when used in a desert, it’s value goes divine.



We keep fiddling to get the best shoes with utmost desperation,

While people with artificial limb, thank god for this holy invention.



Few doses of drugs guide us go on to be a COOL DUDE,

While two drops of a vaccine, is enough to save a childhood.



The people guiding us to the Mountain’s top are worthy but probably unreal,

The one’s thumping & pushing you at ground level are one’s blessings and surreal.

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
This poem came to my mind as around me I have seen extremes of rich and also extremes of poverty. A thing may be worthless in some person's life, while the same would be life saving for the other. Basically circumstances define the WORTH of a thing, which I have tried to portray.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Roseann Shawiak 26 July 2015

You have done a fantastic job of depicting this unbalanced extreme of riches and poverty. You speak the truth with your heart and it resounds throughout the world, making people take notice of this injustice. Every person has worth and value whether rich or poor and should always be treated as such. Like we say here in the U.S. one man's trash is another man's treasure. What the rich throw away can be used to help someone in abject poverty. Thank you for sharing, RoseAnn

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