Poem: "Life's Ledger"
This poem came from the August 4, 2009 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired and sponsored by janetmiles. Her prompt about modern milestones in life included examples that involved money, so I wondered what a list would look like that was all about money, since so many people are so fixated on it.
Life’s Ledger
In this way we are written into life’s ledger:
The time when we collect money from the tooth fairy
The time when we earn our first paycheck
The times we pay our dues
The time we buy a car
The time we buy a house
The time we cash out
Because you can’t take it with you,
But it’s all written down just the same.
Life’s Ledger
In this way we are written into life’s ledger:
The time when we collect money from the tooth fairy
The time when we earn our first paycheck
The times we pay our dues
The time we buy a car
The time we buy a house
The time we cash out
Because you can’t take it with you,
But it’s all written down just the same.