A Vowed Intent
Always a moment arrives when we realize
That there are folks dwelling out there who agonize
That when we indulge in pleasant felicity
There are others who drown in desolate misery
While men of clout crave for control
Of gain, gold and over every soul
There implores the men of poverty
Whose hearts hope for sustenance merely
We have witnessed the wretched suffer
Toiling tirelessly with whatever they can offer
Consuming from the remnants of our meals,
They survive subsisting at our heels
When we respire in our refreshing ambient
We overlook those who scour and sweep for its enhancement
With every transient phase of time
Propagates the obliquity of this crime
The distance amid the affluent and deprived
Stubbornly persists to amplify and remind
That we ought to build bridges
Bonding and dwindling differences like stitches
Harmony is encountered in tolerating variances
Not in prevailing aggravating arrogances
Between those of kin and non-relatives
Disregarding all deceit, vanity and negatives
Determined we should be, to not reap
Benefits from what the pitiful sow while they weep
Earnest we must be, to lend a hand
In their times of tribulation and expand
The bounties of love and brotherhood
Spreading peace and strengthening good
We do not have to be exhaustive or spent
Just humbly adopt tranquility as our avowed intent.
About The Poet
Zainab Mohammed is a grade 11, student Gulf Asian English School, Sharjah. She is ardent about writing poetry to instill peace and harmony among hearts existing around the world!