Poetry today: Effervescent change

 

Effervescent change 

A crumpled note, 

Some clinking change, 

Can not buy a boat, 

But it quenches the pain. 

You have enough, 

To survive your day, 

But your parents bluff, 

About the pay. 

At the end of each week, 

Comes the looming prize, 

Though it may be bleak, 

It helps to survive. 

A gift, held so dear, 
As the giver of happy days, 
But when their gone comes
the tears, Of thy reckless spending ways. 

It brings joy, makes the receiver feel able.
But when its gone, it becomes a longing fable. 

By Aadi Shah 8G