Compassion
I once was at a funeral, a teenage girl’s it was;
A guy cut vespers short that night and it did it all because
A giver type – financier he, who had no use for schmuck –
Especially of the feelings type, which he perceived as muck.That was the first I'd seen of that proactive cutting out;
Quite quietly but finally he chose a different route.
For him what mattered most was cash and stewardship of things –
“For sentiment’s all well-and-good, but little income brings.”Of course compassion-types dislike the giver-types as well –
“Priorities of such as those will take one straight to hell –
In fact, if one would view it right, that's where they are right now –
I'd rather have my sentiment, and cope with debt somehow”.Compassion-types control the giver-finance types in life;
One's hijacked the economy, the other foments strife;
“For global finance means you get to give me all the cash
Then you can have your sentiment while I enjoy my stash.”O Lord, that's quite an allergy which drives a wedge between
Two types of folks and keeps them from a unity of being;
For it would surely be a mess if allergy was not
What kept each one within the bounds – constraining what they've got.But blessings flow when love returns to fill the hearts of folks;
It turns our downside gifts around brings peace, uplifting jokes.
The giver and financial types pour blessings all around;
Compassion-types ease suffering, then dance to artful sound.But for each one love can control the balance on the dial –
Constraint, unbridled pouring forth – the frown not just a smile;
For sentiment without constraint, like cash in faucet free
Destroys receiver just as quick as keeping all for ‘me’.navigation