Abandoned Poem by Raj Arumugam

1
You trust in the world;
you give it your hand

You serve, all your days;
you think of the wellbeing of others

You allow your needs to be second
and the comforts of others to be primary

And then the world abandons you;
the time comes when it turns you out

It shows you the cold open,
generous space
that features the hard stone bench

2
You never trust the world:
There is not one more important than you
Bitterness teaches you
what the world concealed

But today, now
pragmatism must prevail:
You must seek what can feed you
for the while at least