INVEST

What should you invest in?

Well, I’ll give you a crashed course,

As a baby, who wiped your milky chin?

Mainly your mother was the source.

 

When you took your first steps,

Who was there to guide you?

It was your family who kept,

Who watched you as you grew.

 

Now, your first day at Kindergarten,

Left all alone, with only your lunch pail,

Till you saw round coins that were harden,

Milk money, beginning your life’s tale.

 

The coins were like magic,

But, little did you know,

That this was going to be tragic,

It develops who you are with a flow.

 

Some children didn’t have any milk,

So maybe you gave them your carton,

Sharing was so simple, smooth like silk,

Or you drank it all, and didn’t say pardon.

 

So later in life, those coins will decide,

Who you are, that makes your personal traits,

As those coins goes to your head inside,

What exactly does paper bills do, just wait.

 

So, it was your 9^th birthday as you had a gathering,

Some toys, but what’s this an envelope card?

A $10.00 bill inside, destruction it would bring,

Not realizing that someone had work hard.

 

So, maybe you opened a bank account,

Or spent it at the toy store right away,

Either way, it was gone, how could this mount?

Wanting more, greed was forming for the next day.

 

Now, how could you actually get more bills?

Maybe, demanded it to from your parents?

The longer you waited, you couldn’t sit still,

Or you did chores, and money was sent.

 

Years went by, and got your first job,

What is this, a cheque? With your name,

Paying taxes, you thought you got robbed,

Being upset, life would not be the same.

 

Then, your friend got a great job somehow,

Making twice as much as you, so you complained,

How could this be happening, as you allowed,

Working so hard, being tied down in chains.

 

More years went by, off to college with a debt,

Still unhappy, until you met your sweetheart,

Working crazy hours, just to trying to get set,

Direct deposit was the source as you filled your cart.

 

So no more coins, bills, cheques, but now credit,

Buy now, and pay later was the way to go,

Setting yourself up for financial failure, you were unfit

Just add a mortgage next, as you are at all-time low.

 

Now, desperate, you hear about great returns,

So you invest in the markets, with no sense,

Greed, kicks in, as you watch your money burn,

Kindergarten was so simple and not that dense.

 

The milk you drank, tells a lot of an individual,

If you shared, you would have found a loving mate,

If you didn’t, greed would over filled your bowl,

You would be never be happy and always hate.

 

Now, finally after 30 years the house is paid off,

It is time for retirement, so you cash in the nest egg,

While you watch your grand babies who are so soft,

Barely walking, as you manage on only one stable leg.

 

You see the baby’s bottle of milk and realize,

What were you investing in? Money of greed,

How foolish you were, as the older now you are wise,

If only you could go back, to recall what you need.

 

Your parents who wiped your face,

The person who watched you walked,

Your milk friend who had a chance to taste,

The birthday card of words of how it talked.

 

The cleaning chores as you felt proud,

Your name was more than a cheque figure,

The education obtained was so loud,

Your spouse who is everything and bigger.

 

Your family home, recalling the memories,

Your grandchildren who are the future prospects,

Your health, was more than a money summary,

If only you shared the milk carton, having regrets.

 

Those two coins shape who you are in life,

It’s how you value and invest in those beliefs,

For me, it made me find my loving wife,

Who stands by me, as I am coming to her relieve.

 

So, what is the lesson of this poem?

Invest in people you are not selfish,

As others will always be greedy and will comb,

I am emerging for you, as this is my wish.

 

We can learn from milk and babies,

Don’t worry, we both lent our straws,

While others are selfish and shady,

A baby can teach us about the laws.