If I Had A Dollar ~

[Harklight]

Please Note: "If I Had A Dollar" ~ is a DragonsOfRose prompt.

Responsibility

Happily, I’d make remarkable improvements
if I had a dollar, multiplied by a few billion.
I could live extravagantly high - or modestly
and pay an entire country’s international debt
so its people have the chance to start again.

If I had a dollar, duplicated to one million
there are so many things that I could do.
I’d own everything I wanted - or show care
building clean wells, promoting self-support
and sponsoring a needy community - or two.

If I had a dollar, one thousand times over:
that’s how little "making a difference" costs,
I'd modernise my old kitchen - or instead
I could feed, clothe and educate a family
for a whole year, without feeling any loss.

With just one hundred more than a dollar,
I’d cure some ills - give sight to four blind.
Maybe I’d enjoy a night out on the town
or put a sheltered roof over several heads
and demonstrate that people "can" be kind.

If I had only cents, a dollar would feel remote
There would be no food to keep my belly still.
My world would be desperate with no shelter
nor warmth, home-style comfort or optimism.
One dollar given would be a positive miracle.

In combined wealth of nations, if I give a dollar
and one billion others offer their dollar-to-spare
- it really isn’t an exorbitant amount to donate,
we could achieve great improvements together
with our tiny gifts, by being generous and aware!


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[Ebonfire]

In your hands the dollar is well used. I liked your presentation of this with the italicied portion holding separate meanings within the total writing. Nice

Ebonfire

[Artemis]

Such an easy thing to do, yet so hard to get the message across, this is a fantastic piece of sriting, exalt. Kerry xx

[Max]

If I don't exalt you soon, please PM me. This was beautiful, and I agree with the message 100%. When reading the line "Maybe I'd enjoy a night out on the town", I felt guilty at that moment, for even as broke college student I know that I could still afford to put my money to better uses than drinking on the weekend or whatnot. The blue lines really sent the message home at parts, I loved this piece through and through. Will exalt when able, my friend.

Exalted