Money

Money can't buy happiness 

She was the daughter of a millionaire

She married a billionaire 

yet happiness eludes her life 

 She spent time on a shopping spree 

 Spending money, as if raining from mint tree 

not knowing there are millions who can't afford 

 a cup of tea. 

 One day while sailing 

there was thunder,

there was gale 

She was lost in sea

In the tempest, nobody listened to her plea. 

Soon her boat was swept 

by waves and landed on a shore 

she cried she wept 

She felt a hand on her head 

she turned around 

only to see an old man in tattered clothes, eyes twinkling, bare foot.

She thought had he come here to loot?

 His head was shaking,

her tears he was wiping 

assuring her, she was safe. 

He led her to a hut 

its roof was half cut 

a torn cloth hung 

to shield the afternoon sun 

other luxuries were none. 

On a stove, something brew

She was offered warm stew 

she gulped it,

though she didn't like it 

she was hungry 

so, she did not refuse it. 

and peacefully she slept

When she was awake

She was surrounded by little kids 

neither had proper thread nor shoes 

yet no one spoke of their woes!

They all smiled,

they giggled, 

Each one shared their 

portion of stew and bread. 

 Her ego dissolved 

Her life's lesson was solved

She knew the meaning of life 

She heard a familiar voice, 

her father was there, 

She hugged the old women 

and kissed the old man 

She caressed the little ones 

for they had saved her life 

With Money what she could not buy 

Love and blessings were showered 

Her life changed forever 

What Money could not do to her.