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You have an odd philosophy
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As if all the material things
Buy gold harp and angelic wings
With these trappings you hope to show
Others your ego-tinted success
Polishing the you that others know
That will always be the greatest test
So much time spent in wanting more
That the real truths remain belied
So focused on filling your own stores
Needs of others easily denied
This rampant race to have the most
Beaconed economic position
Glorified by self-centered posts
A ‘better than you’ disposition
Thus, gather all the goods you can
Indebted to portrayed luxury
If that is your portentous plan
To be the best in society
I will offer but one small insight
Just one thing that you need to know
The only guide in a life lived right
Is not the having, but the letting go
commonsensiblyspeaking 
Something in your verse , Brad that says maybe you are hurting , I don’t know but I feel it so I sat it because I write to unburden too.
Anyways, I think for ya poets writers the gift is only one in life, that is the gift of poetry. I feel complete with this gift.
Thank you Yasmine! I am sure there is pain in my words, sometimes my own and sometimes that of others. As you are someone who understands the fine and delicate differences between poetry and prose, I would agree that poetry is a gift to life. Your gift not only completes you, but it impacts the hearts and minds of your readers. That is where the true gift lies! Happiness to you and yours for the holidays!
Love and share this philosophy! How different from our parents we are!
Wonderful. That final stanza- that hit me!
Nothing better than a solid close. Thank you!
I agree; that was a solid close. another winner!
You’re welcome 👍