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circumstance

love is the poor man's wages  
   
in times of darknes,    
don't forget what you learned  
in the light;  
in daytime starknes,    
don't reject fortunes turned  
in the night.    
when times and seasons change,    
consider it not strange;  
for circumstance  
is just a dance  
whose steps are no fool's business.    
   
in times of laughter,    
fret not on the troubles  
of your life;  
let tears come after,    
for, when hard time doubles,    
all is rife  
with heaviness of heart.    
choose to be victim-smart;  
be not deceived,    
unduly grieved:  
what kind of wisdom is this?!    
   
when you are lonely,    
bring to mind the friends you  
love so well;  
for, for you only,    
each one who befriends you,    
out of hell  
shall pull your aching soul,    
ere death take full control.    
rise up and live,    
true substance give:  
love is the poor man's wages.    
   
© Copyright 2023 March 13  
by Clyve A. Bowen
Written by cabcool
Published
Author's Note
Rather than allowing ourselves to become victims of fate, let us endeavour to be winners in the conquest of circumstance.
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