To help the poor?

To help the poor?

The blessed poor are not so great
they’re tired, they’re sick and full of hate
But so are we, the rich and “good”.
wretched, fighting, and not that good,
yet one loves them more than life
and that one is worth the rest.
We are called to love each other,
not for gifts and strength possessed
nor for what we think they give us,
but only be by love possessed.
Jan. 17, 1997 Roger Victoria
revised July 16, 1998, revised again October 1, 1999

Those of low estate are but a breath,
Those of high estate are but a delusion
in the balances they go up;
they are together lighter than a breath.
Psalm 62:9