Rejected By Life Because Of Money Problems Poem by Pheko Motaung

Rejected by life because
Of money problems
The well meaning wind
Offers me thirst, hunger
And the third choice of
A life mirred in poverty
I choose to be mad and
Bad and defy wealth I will
Not touch money in my life

I cry to the wind today
My house is a millitarized
Zone and my children
Refuse to let me in unless
I show them the money
Fly wind, fly my friend
In the house of God the old
Church has terminated my
Membership and my anti-money
Stance must take thé blame
I am disqualified and villified
In the lecture halls and my
Disdain for money is guilty

Blow wind, blow your trumpet
Nobody wants to be my bride
Because the old lie of my people
Alleges that money is thé
Bride of every happy marriage
I am banished from the door of
My own house because of money
Problems, it is illegal for me
To gather a small following
And preach against the monster
Of a money obsessed society
And the kleptomaniacal
Misbehaviour of my zero bank acc.
Is something to be ashamed of

Oh wind, for the sake of my
Spiritual well being fly to
Me and let me leap on the
Back of the storm that carries
Me to the safe haven of my
Beloved cave in the mountains