I watched people work hard for cash <br />Making $20 dollars a day <br />With only 25 cent bags of chips <br />And lil huggies reaching their mouths <br />Some consider a meal <br />Less fortunate consider it luxury <br />It's taxing for a young heart to see <br />These same people told me I can be <br />Anything in this world, but day after day <br />These same men and women <br />Were nothing more than worldly possessions <br />Spending their whole lives to get out of debt they inherited <br />I wasn't born rich, but I want to die wealthy <br />And my wealth doesn't involve shiny beads and paper <br />It's living and loving life, and reducing labor<br /><br />Darrin McMiller Jr.<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/value-of-life/
