Greed and Selflessness
Greed indiscriminately penalizes,
Selflessness is the ultimate panacea; for uniting all
innocuously harmonious; for centuries immemorial and
alike….
Greed baselessly tyrannizes,
Selflessness is an Omnipotent fabric; which
irrefutably transcends you above the resplendent
heavens; to be the unequivocal favorite of the
divine….
Greed ruthlessly snatches,
Selflessness is the only road to everlasting
prosperity; coalescing even the most salaciously
treacherous with the scent of the bountifully
bestowing soil….
Greed manipulatively stagnates,
Selflessness is the most priceless core of enthralling
existence; enlightening unassailable beams of hope; in
all those dwellings miserably impoverished; without
optimism and light….
Greed horrendously massacres,
Selflessness is an Omnisciently miraculous ointment;
which heals the most bizarre wounds of the
overwhelming rich and pathetically destitute; alike…
Greed uncouthly divests,
Selflessness is a enchantingly silken flower; which
disseminates the true spirit of mankind; to even the
most infinitesimal parts; of this fathomless globe….
Greed lethally poisons,
Selflessness is a grandiloquently mesmerizing sky;
which relentlessly showers the blessings of the
Almighty; upon all philanthropically benign….
Greed pulverizes beyond recognition,
Selflessness is a unendingly radiating horizon; which
brilliantly sparkles all night and day; with the
rainbow of unconquerable righteousness….
Greed maliciously obfuscates all truth,
Selflessness is the most Omnipresent harbinger of
celestial peace; unstoppably heading towards the
paradise of scintillating success….
Greed insidiously cripples,
Selflessness is a majestically flapping bird that
hoists even the most devastatingly deprived; making
one perpetually realize his ultimate mission in
destined life….
Greed sadistically abhors,
Selflessness is the most candid reflection of every
organism’s inner self; the most stupendously supreme
richness to be holistically alive….
Greed mockingly whips,
Selflessness is an invincible mountain of humanity;
which sequesters the infirm and strong; in its
compassionately synergistic belly; alike…..
Greed has no beginning; no end,
Selflessness is the most unbelievably blazing road to
the enamoring heavens; the most insatiably fulfilling
endowment in vivacious life….
Greed rots under the grave for centuries
unprecedented,
Selflessness is an eternally bequeathing fruit; which
magically ensures that benevolent mercy reigns
supreme; till the time there was life on this
unsurpassable planet….
Greed is a morbidly decaying stone,
Selflessness is the sole pillar of solidarity that’s
stands patriotically amidst a world of dilapidated
doom; an astronomical strength that makes every entity
achieve its most sacrosanct mission in; impoverished
existence…..
Greed is a viciously ghastly foe,
Selflessness is like the innocuous cry of a new born
infant; without the tiniest of blemish upon its
supremely Godly swirl…..
Greed incoherently babbles,
Selflessness is a perennially enchanting song of
enamoring sagaciousness; which beautifully quells even
the most thunderously satanic of squall; with its wave
of egalitarian calm….
Greed is the most abominable chunk of garbage in the
gutter,
Selflessness is a torrential downpour of endless
charisma; unequivocally perpetuating a smile on even
the most haplessly maimed faces….
Greed hopelessly annihilates,
Selflessness is the most royal blanket of
incredulously euphoric happiness; disseminating the
virtue of unshakable togetherness; every time the
earth was magnanimously born….
Greed strangulates you without a chance,
Selflessness is emphatically blazing Sunshine; that
dazzles into fireballs of divinely light; even after
veritable death….
Greed murders your stride even before you could alight
a foot,
Selflessness is the most regale conqueror of all
prejudiced desires; making you yearn for only the
cradle of unsurpassable innocence…..
Greed excoriates you into impotent ash,
Selflessness is a river of unbreakable unity; a
religion which only knows to chivalrously donate the
magnificence of spell binding mankind; upon one and
all; bountifully alike,
Greed surreptitiously slaps,
Selflessness is an idol of unbelievable courage; a
tenacity that makes you fearlessly overcome; even the
most belligerently ominous impediments in pragmatic
life…..
Greed traumatically imprisons,
Selflessness is an evergreen leaf of Godly freedom; an
impregnable will to forever follow the path of the
Almighty Divine….
Greed savagely pricks you to barbarically bleed,
Selflessness is a wave of artistic aristocracy; that
marvelously pacifies every iota of your ditheringly
frazzled senses; with the poetry of symbiotic
Creation….
Greed hands you instantaneously to the devil,
Selflessness is a blooming wand that altruistically
kisses all your acerbic agonies away; propelling you
to be born beautifully; a countless times yet again….
Greed plummets into the valley of worthless
nothingness,
Selflessness is that heavenly milk of the mother;
which ubiquitously feeds every child ruthlessly
orphaned; due to diabolical strokes of time….
Greed discordantly wails all the time,
Selflessness transcends the most grandiloquently
timeless treasures on this earth; to forever blend
with redolently gratifying heavens….
Greed digs your grave deep at every step you tread,
Selflessness wholesomely absolves you from victimizing
earthly bondage; liberating your soul to incessantly
float in clouds of mystical love….
Greed knives you deep when you turn your back,
Selflessness is an invaluable window of mutually
gratifying existence; being the utmost savior of one
and all; across this boundless planet…..
Greed penalizes you gorily even beyond death,
Selflessness is a wind which astoundingly charms;
exquisitely embellishing each of your murderously
malevolent veins; with the freshness of unparalleled
humanity…..
Greed acerbically immolates you in waves of
meaningless lust,
Selflessness is the wheel of indefatigably
proliferating evolution; immaculately meditating in
the aisles of enamoring contentment…..
Greed venomously strips you of even the most minuscule
of your resources,
Selflessness is a meadow of congenial tranquility;
pioneering an unconquerable camaraderie; between man
and the ravishing environment….
Greed austerely metamorphoses you into a dreaded
animal,
Selflessness is an entrenchment of supremely
ever-pervading faith; that looms large as the only
messiah; even after sky had tumultuously transposed
with muddy earth….
Greed horrifically blinds you even in the most
flamingly boisterous of Sunlight,
Selflessness is a magically resonating rhythm of sheer
eloquence; an evening of gorgeously replenishing
fulfillment….
Greed gobbles you like an inconspicuous mosquito,
Selflessness is a scepter of incomprehensible
goodness; always ensuring that you traversed like an
undefeated prince; all your life….
Greed diabolically stings you when you think that
you’ve conquered the entire world,
Selflessness is the sole mantra for humanitarian
success not only in this birth; but every time the
Creator thought you worthy; of priceless life….
Greed acrimoniously spits on you as though you were
nonchalant shit,
Selflessness is a true stalwart of handsomely rustic
motherland; unendingly defending you from all
viciously sordid hurdles of ominous existence….
Greed doesn’t pity you the slightest even in the
revered lap of your untainted mother,
Selflessness is a tree with countless rejuvenatingly
amiable branches; eventually melanging into the tree
of immortal humanity….
Greed ludicrously beheads your scalp like a piece of
worthless wind,
Selflessness is a jewel which scintillates even after
the heart of perniciously savage midnight;
illuminating every abode besieged with despicable
lechery with beams of fragrant light….
Greed buries you alive without taking even the tiniest
permission from your destiny,
Selflessness is the sole elixir that instills
astonishing reinvigoration in your capriciously
muddled veins; irrevocably perpetuates you to spawn
fascinating newness; on every lane that you
interweaved through….
Greed only transpires you to sign the signature of
gruesomely bellicose death,
Selflessness is the most enchanting mist of true
belonging; ebulliently uniting you with your rudiments
of nostalgic birth…..
Greed disparagingly distorts you beyond holistic
proportions,
Selflessness is the most regale sensation that makes
you bask in the glory of supremely sensuous
timelessness; transforming every anguish of yours into
the; fortress of the Creator divine….
Greed admonishingly dictates you worse than a baseless
slave,
Selflessness is your most humble compatriot in good
times and preposterously bad; majestically
replenishing every empty space of your penurious
survival; with the gifts of wonderfully Creation….
Greed brutally vandalizes even your lackadaisically
nonchalant skeleton,
Selflessness is the most princely element of Mother
Nature; profusely oozing oceans of untamed love; onto
every organism who intrepidly adopted it…..
Greed straddles disgusting brakes upon your fertile
reservoir of imagination,
Selflessness is a redolently unfazed scent that
envelopes you with unfathomable jubilation from all
sides; makes you ecstatically wander through the
aisles of incredulously eclectic newness….
Greed uncouthly confiscates your conscience; to hand
it over to the blood sucking vampires,
Selflessness is a valley of overwhelmingly
unimaginable exhilaration; an expedition which
portrays to every living being; the true meaning of
existence….
Greed coldbloodedly rains parasites on you; even after
you were no more than a ghost sulking in the frigid
atmosphere,
Selflessness is idol of Almighty Lord in his most
poignantly towering forms; gloriously blessing all
those with an immaculate soul; upon the trajectory of
this vast planet….
And greed abominably drills such a hole in your heart;
that it was difficult to sagaciously discern you from;
lackluster space,
While selflessness is the most unassailable chapter of
bountifully immortal love; bonding your beats not only
with your sacred beloved; but all vibrant beauty on
the planet and time….
(c) (r) copyright-2004, by nikhil parekh. all rights reserved.
poem by Nikhil Parekh
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Greed is Good
“Greed is good! ” they say
Some say “Greed is great! ”
Will they say that when the masses
Are bashing down their gate?
Will they still pray to their god ‘Greed’
When they find that it’s too late?
All the starving children
They don’t think greed is good
They would rather have each day
A sufficiency of food
All the freezing homeless
How great is greed to those?
A bit of tin to shelter in
Would please them (I suppose)
What good is greed to anyone
When it is served with hate?
I’d rather have a shred of humanity
Sitting on my plate
poem by Neil Milliner
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Greed
Where there is a need
There is always greed
A rotten exploiting deed
That manifests with speed
When there are mouths to feed
Read between the lines and take heed!
Lurking around is an Inspiring greed
Ready to take advantage and proceed
Even when there is no need to succeed
By now it is agreed, there is always greed
Our desire for more always exceeds our needs
Hence wealth, power and greed have always been married
We always want more
Sometimes I don't know what for
I read to understand what generation of breed
Has given birth to this senseless weed
Because life is a circle of endless greed
I urgently need to know, I plead
Who planted this seed of greed to deliberately mislead?
poem by Sylvia Chidi
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The Need And The Greed
Need is a desire; greed is a desire.
Desires denied, sufferings surface.
Need is met at ease but not the greed
Which is boundless with sufferings profound.
Need and greed aren’t in water tight cells.
Need might restrict to physical wants.
Greed is for ego’s gratification.
Possessiveness is the sign of the greed.
To earn by wrongful means is from greed.
To exploit and hoard is an act of greed.
To garner and flaunt all you have is greed.
Greedless, though penny-less, you’re loveable.
To sedate the pride is to tame the greed.
To kindle the pride is to fuel the greed.
Having got money, power and possession,
As the result of greed, you will lose peace.
Remove the greed; jealousy is gone.
Remove the greed; no feeling of revenge.
Hail the poor and condemn the greedy.
Then the tendency to grow rich will wane.
Live simple; live humble; then need is less.
Be proud to own a bicycle, not a car.
Value one who owns a bicycle, not a car.
You will have saved energy and the nature.
Don’t embrace comforts, which will weaken you.
Don’t enthuse with ego, which will make loss big.
Unlike the cheat, being poor is not a shame.
Less wants; less sufferings, more happiness.
poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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Greed and fear. I
You enter with greed;
You exit with fear.
You love with greed;
You fail with fear.
But
You are born with fear
And will die with greed.
Greed is the drive;
Fear is the break.
Drive ahead, minding the head.
27.05.2001, Pmdi
poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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Greed
How much do you really want?
If you had it would it really solve your problems?
Do you realise the pain it causes
Struggling for something you may never get
How much would you sacrifice if I told you I could change your life?
You don't have to take on my advice
Don't do something that you might regret
How much do you really need?
Is it justified or is it greed?
If you satisfy your vanity
If you get to where you think you wanna go
How much is it gonna take?
Will you see it through or will you break?
Cos in the end what will you have to show?
Life can be lonely
When all you have are your possessions
Greed becomes your main obsession
Just take it slowly
If what you want ain't what you need
You've become a victim of your greed
How much do you really feel?
Can you recognise when something's real?
Do you live your life by fake ideals?
Do you think that one day you will get the chance?
What happens if you don't achieve
Will it be enough if you believe
You can just rely on destiny
Don't you know your fate is in your hands
How much is enough for you?
When you reach the top what will you do?
Will you look around for something new?
Without the destination will you carry on?
Will you try day after day
Pretend you don't hear what they say?
What would you do if all your pride was gone?
Life can be lonely
When all you have are your possessions
Greed becomes your main obsession
Just take it slowly
If what you want ain't what you need
You've become a victim of your greed
Cos material possessions ain't the world
(Ain't the world)
Nobody ever bought you happiness with diamonds or pearls
(Diamonds or pearls)
You've gotta look at this for what they really are
(What they really are)
Or you'll find yourself wanting more
Going way too far
Life can be lonely
When all you have are your possessions
Greed becomes your main obsession
Just take it slowly
If what you want ain't what you need
You've become a victim of your greed
Life can be lonely
Just take it slowly
If what you want ain't what you need
You've become a victim of your greed
Life can be lonely
When all you have are your possessions
Greed becomes your main obsession
Just take it slowly
If what you want ain't what you need
You've become a victim of your greed
Life can be lonely
Just take it slowly...
song performed by by Liberty X from Thinking It Over
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What Made The Success Of The Swindler?
in the last analysis
it was not his gullibility
because it could have been so well learned
and the swindling avoided
as early as possible,
frankly speaking
it was his greed, and nothing but his greed,
which made the
swindlers have the last laugh
greed allows
everyone to come and
take everything
everything
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Greeds
What do you have at your home?
Nothing, except some desires and greed
To sooth and comfort you.
Greed enters your home very silently
Finally it becomes your master
And you become slave of your own greed
Oneday it will drag you to an unknown grave.
poem by Devil Poet
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Some May Feel I am Negative
In my lifetime of wars, famines and prejudice the World may not be free
Nor not in a thousand years from now or so 'twould seem to me
For acts of terror leads to more terror and mistrust leads to hate
And in this age of advanced technology not much to celebrate.
Some may feel I am negative just going by what I say
That I'm one of those who look at life in quite a jaundiced way
But in a World where some have too much and many of hunger die
To sing about a perfect World would be a perfect lie.
The World would be a better World without human selfishness and greed
And the marvellous gift of selflessness to a better World would lead
But us humans have our failings and in some ways we are small
And it's all part of our Nature, we are human after all.
In my own lifetime and centuries from now I cannot seem to see
A World that's free of war and bloodshed and human misery
And men will still wage war for God and Land and in war so called winners don't win
And for the God we do not know we neglect our God within.
poem by Francis Duggan
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Wallow in the Greed
If you could know how much I earn,
I'm sure to see you blush!
To earn the stipend that I do
Will mean therefore, I look at you
From high above in my success
And say to you, 'Poor thing, God bless.'
The greedy bastard that I am –
I love to drown in bling!
Unlike you – so bloody poor, and
Picking coins up off the floor!
But sorry mate, I'm not to blame –
The fact your bank account is lame!
Come and see my flashy car,
Awash inside with leather –
I saw the battered wreck you drive,
Spewing out its oily smog!
Your banger, friend, is such a dog –
Clanking out its dialogue.
I shall die in gleaming wealth,
Floating out in gentle stealth –
Having bought an excellent health.
As for you, my hard-up mate,
You'll fade away a slave to fate,
Surviving on the welfare state.
Copyright Mark R Slaughter 2009
Greed, greed, greed, greed
Greed, greed, feed the greed.
poem by Mark R Slaughter
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Defy Greed
Pay no heed
To your greed
Do it once
Just to give your greatness
A chance.
Once and then once more
As never before
Defy the greed
Pay it no heed.
Here and there
A small sacrifice
Would suffice
You’re learning to share.
You’re learning to defy greed
Learning the worth of a good deed
You’ve it to take the lead
To free the world from greed.
poem by Pradip Chattopadhyay
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Greed
“Greed”
GREED
IT IS SUCH A TERRIBLE THING
HEARTS IT TEARS AND MAKES THEM BLEED
AT TIMES IT BURNS SO BAD WHAT A STING
SO MUCH EVIL IT NEVER LEADS TO A GOOD DEED
GREED SUCH A VICIOUS THING
GREED
IT DESTROYS MARRIGES AND LIFES
IT DESTROYS WHAT WE WORK SO HARD TO EARN
IN CASES LEAVING MEN WITHOUT WIFES
BUT YET WE NEVER LEARN
TRUE TOO WIFES WITHOUT MEN
THE WORST PAIN UNDER THIS HAT
ARE CHILDREN THAT STAY WITH NONE OF THEM
SO UNDERSTAND WHAT A BAD BREED
THIS MONSTER IS, THIS MONSTER THAT
WE OFTEN CALL GREED
GREED
IT MAKES FREINDS INTO FOES
IT TURNS BROTHERS AGAINST BROTHERS
IT BRINGS SO MUCH WOES
IT TURNS MOTHERS AGAINST FATHERS
AND STILL WE DONT CONTROL THE NEED
AND TRY AND GET RID OF THIS BEAST
THIS BEAST WE CALL GREED
GREED
IT LEAVES FAMILIES HOMELESS
AND CHILDREN WITHOUT HOPES AND DREAMS
IT MAKES ALL FEEL LIKE SO MUCH LESS
IT BREAKS HEARTS AND MANY TEAMS
THIS TEAMS THAT AT MANY TIMES
WERE BEATIFUL AND HAPPY FAMILIES
BUT DUE TO GREED, FELL FOR THEIR CRIMES
SUCH A BAD CREATURE THAT LIKES TO FEED
ON THE HORRIBLE AND TRAGIC
FOOD WE CALL GREED.
SO PLEASE UNITE AND PRAY
THAT YOU CAN HAVE THE MAGIC
AND HOPE YOU’LL NEVER SEE THE DAY
THAT YOU BECOME THIS THING
CALLED GREED.
GOD BLESS.
MARTIN JAIME GONZALEZ
poem by Martin Gonzalez
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Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer; into a selflessness which links us with all humanity.
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Well first of all, tell me, is there some society you know of that doesn't run on greed? You think Russia doesn't run on greed? You think China doesn't run on greed? What is greed?
quote by Milton Friedman
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A Simple Warning
You stare at it as if you've never
seen it. You eat it up like it's the
best thing you've ever eaten. Your
life is consumed with anger. You spend
your days eaten up with greed and lies.
It feels like home
It fits like a glove
to your life but this isn't
the way it was meant to bear
Yet you've known no different.
You are fed lies told greed is a
new lifestyle. Don't get fooled by the lies.
Greed will eat you up
Lies will tear you apart.
How do you survive. I cannot say but
don't fall into the path of lies and greed
for it will destroy you
Your determination, selflessness and courage have brought the freedom struggle towards its fulfilment.
quote by Gerry Adams
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Beget, Regret, Disloyal Sway...
Beget, regret disloyal sway...
Beyond all greed, of greed, this day.
Manly greed, stings all men...
Be this one, the one's, all sin.
How frozen, be man's left, unpardoned, guilt...
Of all the men, and woman's, blood, spilt.
Delay, the guilt, leased life...
Pray up to God, for less strife.
poem by Michael Gale
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Greed Is The Biggest Threat To Our Civilization
Greed is the biggest threat to our civilization
It destroys families and it can bring down the nations
Greed is one of the most dangerous desires in human nature
It’ so bad that it can turn human to heartless creature
Greed is the source of financial and social trouble
If is not contain, it can turn earth to the ruble
Greedy person doesn’t believe in values and doesn’t feel guilty
Money to him is like salt water, as he drinks more he gets more thirsty
If human can control his greed
Then world become heaven, that’s what we really need
poem by Sam Arjomandi
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Think For Things
greed you think of things
alas things degenerate
greed you think less of others
alas you tinker with things
greed you think less with sense
alas you kill your neighbour
gree you abhor with your thoughts
alas you make cultures perish
greed you are embodiment of evil
alas unsatiable are are your wants
poem by Venkatesh Ram
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Mortal
He won't hug me
If I cry for
Someone else.
He won't hug me
If I decline him sex.
I thought his love
Overflowed with
Selflessness…
How can it be?
A mortal can
Never be
Devoid of
Selfishness.
poem by Aparna Chatterjee
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Blessed...
Before you,
Ive had thoughts of just going..
Leaving without a sound..
Thinkin, this is what I want.
& its make everything better.
I felt unsafe in my own skin,
I wanna get out,
and never go bak in.
insecure,
and hopeless.
Somehow,
I've met you.
you give me something to look forward to.
I stopped with the thoughts.
I realized what the world is all bout.
the greed of us all,
that drags us down.
Well, I dont greed,
not for money,
not for fame.
Not for anything.
But I must say..
I greed too..
I greed for one thing..
I want you.
you make me feel safe,
whenever I hear the sound of your voice.
you calm me without knowin.
& the way you love,
Its amazing.
I am blessed,
I am yours..
Will you be mines?
poem by Dislocated Heart
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