We cannot be too selfish if we take we too should give <br />And truer words have not been said than to live and let live <br />And if you don't like a person don't run that person down <br />As bad mouthing one you do not like will not win you renown. <br /> <br />We canot be too selfish to everyone apply <br />How many innocent people in needless conflict die <br />I am not a church going person but I do remember still <br />From school years Moses Fifth Commandment the words 'Thou shalt not kill'. <br /> <br />We cannot be too selfish but sad to say we are <br />And selfishness as we all know can often lead to war <br />And that I too can be selfish I hardly can deny <br />For I'm one of the millions obsessed with me, myself and I. <br /> <br />We cannot be too selfish if to our higher self we are true <br />But the unselfish people are sad to say too few <br />If you are poor though helpful not many wish to know of you <br />For they judge you by your bank account and not by the good you do. <br /> <br />We cannot be too selfish those words are easily said <br />Since money speaks all languages is drummed into our head <br />And old Jack that wise old fellow who more than seven decades can recall <br />Says we've never been further from a 'fair go for all'.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/we-cannot-be-too-selfish/
