Echoes Of Emptiness Poem by Monty AnNayef

There are those who hoard what they don't need,
While others grasp at scraps in dire greed.
Some give away and then forget with ease,
While others take and then forget to please.

In deepest need, receiving no support,
They offer help to those who stay untaught,
Who, cold as stone, reject to give or see,
Blind to others' needs, they choose to flee.

Fortunes amassed, then wasted without gain,
Friends and brothers left in bitter pain.
What sorrow fills the hearts so cold and gray,
With wealth in hand, yet love unsold today.

A world where needs are met with scorn and sighs,
Leaves souls in shadows, lost in plaintive cries.
While fortunes rise, compassion seems to wane,
Leaving hearts in turmoil, love's true wealth in vain.

7 July 2024