The Poverty Of This World..... Poem by RIC BASTASA

poverty will always be there.
it will not leave
there are reasons for not leaving
it gives you wisdom.

poverty is one of the colors
in that painting on the wall
a smudge of dark black, pitch blood,
scarlet,
when you go nearer, you want to
suggest to have it blotted
but as you stand away
and see that color in harmony
with other colors of the landscape
of the mind
you will see how it blends
to create
beauty.

the poverty of the mind
the poverty of the spirit
the poverty of this world
will always be, and ever be,
there forever.

without it, where can richness
be?