Last Night I Said No to Money

Last night I said no to money,

Not because I have too much of it.

Not because I have so many prospects of it.

But because taking it would make me feel powerless,

I said no to money.

 

Yesterday, I said no to money.

It was a few hours before I would need more of it

And a few hours after I had spent too much of what I had.

Yet still, I said no.

The feeling in my heart was liberating

yet the emptiness of my pockets was nauseating.

Should I have thought with my heart or with my pockets.

I don’t know,

What I know is, I said no to money.

 

Hours ago, right after the sun took shelter,

I said no to money.

Not because I knew I was going to get it elsewhere

but because I feared I hadn’t earned it.

Not because I didn’t need it

but because somebody felt I didn’t deserve it.

So, I said no to money.

 

As the night took off its clothes, I said no to money

And I knew I was going to regret it.

I said no but ask me if it was the right thing to do

And I might say Hell no,

But I will most likely say I don’t know

Because it was the right statement to make,

I said no to money.

For The Firsts

This is for the firsts.

The alcoholics on day one of mission get sober
The ambitious male or female on the umpteenth try
The dreamer burning the midnight oil, one last time!
This is for the boy or girl in love for the very first time, or so they think!
And the disillusioned trying to believe again
The naïve girls on their backs
And the inglorious lads with their pants down
The budding flirts with poor taste and wishful diction

This is for the creative minds out of sorts, short of wits, off the leash for the very first time
The day olds at a new job
The single moms in a new old month
The caged lovers in a shape shifting prison
The committed lovers in denial
This is for the firsts that will not last
This is for the novice,  for November

Happy New month