I thank you money <br />For my parents <br />sent me to school <br />I thank you <br />For my teachers <br />taught me at school. <br /> <br />I thank you money <br />For my growth intellectual <br />I thank you <br />I became a professional. <br /> <br />I thank you money <br />To help me find my love eternal <br />I thank you <br />for safe delivery <br />of my children at hospital. <br /> <br />I thank you money <br />To help me retain the friends I like <br />I thank you <br />for commercial success in life. <br /> <br />My dear Money <br />Once again I solicit <br />your countenance; <br />I had sold my true self <br />in desire of <br />your abundance. <br /> <br />I want my true self back <br />I am stuck <br />in quagmire of false self <br />Can I use a little bit of you <br />to get back my true self? <br /> <br />Now you tell me <br />that you can’t help <br />And that I need God! <br />Why did you then <br />promise me heaven <br />And told me that <br />you yourself were the Lord? <br /> <br />I realize it was me <br />who misunderstood you <br />Fool I was <br />to blindly believe in you <br />I shouldn’t have <br />madly loved you <br />I was wrong <br />to find in you my soul’s solace <br />How could I ever imagine <br />that You could take God’s place. <br /> <br /> <br />(11.09.2011; New Delhi; India)<br /><br />Anshul Gupta<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/money-is-god-2/
