Team Ahimsa Blog Relay, Various Contests

Hoarder

Tell me, Mistress Hoarder
What do you collect?
I hoard handbags
So I did detect!

You hoard handbags,
She hoards jars of honey
He hoards neckties
They hoard their money.

I wonder what pleasure
Hoarders get, keeping things?
What do they treasure
What joy do objects bring?

Why not, instead, hoard deeds
Acts of courage and kindness
Giving to those in need
Acts that leave you blessed

Hoard good manners
Hoard words of wisdom
Hoard love and friendship
The best treasures in the kingdom

Hoard! Hoard! Hoard healthy habits
Hoard helpful hands
Hoard honesty, hoard heroism
Hoard heaving husbands

(Well, not really!)

Hoard the virtues,
Hoard the intangibles
And then feel the gladness
Of which you're truly capable!

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