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Peculiar
Poet, writer, public speaker, student @ Student(Aspirant)
Poet, writer, public speaker, student @ Student(Aspirant)
Borrowed Future
<p>Money makes the world go round,</p><p>But poverty keeps your life in a circle.</p><p><br/></p><p>Money answers all things,</p><p>And lack chases all things away.</p><p><br/></p><p>Your future is trying to catch up with you,</p><p>But the fuel it needs isn't available.</p><p>You get the adulterated one of loans with interest</p><p>The engine of your mind begins to knock</p><p><br/></p><p>So you fall behind,</p><p>At first, two steps behind.</p><p>And then you feel it's just a rebound.</p><p><br/></p><p>You bounce back one step forward,</p><p>Fall back three steps backward.</p><p><br/></p><p>Suddenly, you're the Israelites in the wilderness,</p><p>Begging to go back to cucumbers and onions.</p><p><br/></p><p>Your future feels like an Israelite journey,</p><p>Because instead of 10 days,</p><p>You spend 40 years.</p><p><br/></p><p>Then suddenly you watch your passion change,</p><p>As the economy changes.</p><p><br/></p><p>Somehow it becomes adaptability,</p><p>Or rather, compression.</p><p><br/></p><p>And instead of singing, "Favour surrounds me like a shield,"</p><p>You're basking in the shame of delay.</p><p><br/></p><p>Then your favourite line becomes:</p><p>"Delay is not denial."</p><p><br/></p><p>Suddenly those with money are "Yahoo" boys,</p><p>So you don't compare; instead, you're in despair.</p><p><br/></p><p>Someone hoping to cash out on golden opportunities,</p><p>But you were never even born with a golden spoon to begin with.</p>
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