Those Who Deserve

A miserable existence brought about

by greed and jealousy and spiteful thoughts

does nothing to excuse your callous words

uttered in spite and hate for the world.

By telling us your tales of pain and woe

The pity that you are trying to sow

In our sympathetic minds and gentle hearts

May have gone unnoticed by us so far

But the charity you are trying to win today

Is not yours no matter what you say

Our sympathy is for those who deserve

And not for such imposters who pretend to suffer.

These struggles and these hurdles of the world

That you are falsely claiming to have endured

Are battled by people every single day

For they know no other life, no other way.

So, the next time you set out to stage such a lie,

Wonder at yourself, Is it worth the price

That the others who truly suffer have to pay

Because the sympathy THEY deserve, you have taken away?

THEY are the ones who endure; you are just playing a game

But the people of the world? They only know YOUR name

While the nameless, faceless sufferers slip to the shadows

For you might have taken away their only chance to escape the gallows.

• Omega Infinitas