Spending And Saving
Spending and saving are acts of the heart,
When we look closely they insight impart;
For they are actions, some covert, some seen,
Leaving a trail showing where we have been.Spending is done from our right-brain, they say –
Color, like smell, lead our actions astray;
Then we must scramble to make up our loss,
Left-brain soon finding good reason for boss.We're dragged through life making choices each day –
Sun, moon, and stars, things for which we don't pay;
“Not good enough – I want more” is our creed
Seizing, and storing far more than we need.“But if we stopped”, then our left-brain bemoans,
“System that feeds us would ruin our homes;
Downward the spiral – depression we dread,
Stop spending money – economy's dead.Saving's not part of our psyche these days,
’Cept in the sense that it's less that we pay;
More for our money by dishing out less,
Not storing up that the future might bless.“Spousal deduction” of value we see,
“Splitting of income” not quite verity;
More like a fiction we put on a form,
Writing from left-brain to government norm.That is okay, for some stories are true,
Some carry truth in the pages we view;
Financial statements of both types exist –
Spending and saving, as life we resist.navigation