Say you won’t let go

(The Rich Man and the Poor Man)

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"Eat, drink, and be merry. For tomorrow you shall die!"

“Food and money I give to you,

Why do you shout so mercilessly

When I give you your part?”

queried the rich man.

The poor man replied:

“Your question you cannot answer

For from pain and agony you are free,

But I have suffered and borne

The situation that I don’t like to be in.”

“That I couldn’t understand

Because life for me is easy;

I take this and take that,

And life is just what I want it to be.”

consented the rich man.

“Comfort your mind, rich man,

with realities of death.

Your wealth I do not envy

For you cannot buy

eternity with money.

If to live happily

is to live in hypocrisy,

Then I prefer to be silly

so I would be holy.

Life you love so much you will lose

And only then will you understand

What agony is,” the poor man shouted.

“Ha! Ha! Ha! You say so

For you desire this place of mine.

Indulgence you have clouded with reason

But I understand because of your situation.”