When Trading Soul for Dollar
A title placed behind his name,
believing it gives power.
Old roots of truth then cannot claim.
Integrity, gone sour.
Cannot distinguish night from day
yet knowledge boasts to own.
Compassion gone, has lost its way.
Integrity, unknown.
And when in other, sees a light
of values, brightly shaded.
To dimmer glow, feels has the right.
Integrity, has traded.
In days of past had honest plan
to mend what had gone rotten.
To clearly see, no longer can.
Integrity, forgotten.
About this poem
Money doesn’t ruin everyone but I’ve known quite a few people that have lost their way because of it.
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Submitted by Giselavigil on February 01, 2024
Modified by Giselavigil on February 04, 2024
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| Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 485 |
| Words | 95 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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