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The Vanity of Riches

Dec 6

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La Virgen de Guadalupe protects a grave, Yuma Pioneer Cemetery, Yuma, Arizona
 


The vanity of riches,
The poverty of wealth—
No woman with a sound mind
Thinks she can buy good health.
 
Shrouds have no ample pockets
For silver, gems or gold.
We go out empty-handed—
Life can’t be bought or sold.

 
Poem and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
 
More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Vanity”
 
More Twelve Days of Mary at Recuerda Mi Corazon

Posted in Arizona, La Virgen de Guadalupe, Midweek Motif, Poets United, Recuerda Mi Corazon, Rhyming poetry, Twelve Days of Mary, Yuma, Yuma Pioneer Cemetery

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