Ask

 

Ask?

                       

by John W. Vander Velden 

The man never asked for anything…

He always received all he asked for…

 

Not many do…how fortunate he was.

 

It wasn’t that he didn’t want things…

He was no different than anyone else.

 

It wasn’t that he didn’t need things…

There is always things each person needs.

 

Perhaps he knew…knew that others

Had far less than he.

 

Perhaps he didn’t want to be among those…

Those overly indulgent…

Having so much they had lost track…

Lost track of the things they had accumulated.

 

Perhaps he thought himself a martyr…

A martyr against such excesses…

 

But what ever…why ever…

 

He never asked for anything…

And he always got what he asked for…

 

 (118 Words) 6-28-2008