To Have And To Have Not Poem by Jeanette Telusma

Based on life's experiences, Paul said,
'I know both how to be abased,
and I know how to abound:
every where and in all things
I am instructed both to be full
and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.'
Paul is an exemplary model in this day and age.
To experience both sides of having and not having
brings knowledge and understanding.
Also wisdom can't be denied because wisdom travels
hand in hand with knowledge and understanding.
The most appreciative person one would
ever encounter in life is one that has experienced
To have and to have not.
Paul was...