Workshop # 2

Poverty is no disgrace,
but more an inconvenience.
I see no resentment

in caring people, though
I do see acceptance
to their circumstances

which beats away
cumbersomeness
to make way for humbleness

which in turn
strips life of its frills
and cosmetic coverings,

shows life as it is
in its beautiful rawness.
When the wheels stop turning

at the end of the working
day, then the meaning
becomes clear,

the purpose understood,
the strife
all worthwhile.