O, I have riches...Indeed I do!

What riches have you,

that you deem me poor?

I have twenty-four hours each day

Do you have more?


I have never gone hungry

These I perceive as wealth:

the comfort of my home,

a sound mind, a body in good health


I love the beauty of this place -

the mountains never twice the same

I live the rhythms of the season

Can you make the same claim?


People...friends...family - precious treasures all -

My children and grandchildren, too

We laugh and talk and give of self

O, I have riches...Indeed I do!