Auction
“Everyone has a price” …at which they turn into a completely different person, or simply lets the true colors show. The power money holds over us humans is quite a serious matter.
"Everyone has a price"
I disagree
Because that "everyone" doesn't include me
Am I lying?
No
Go ahead, give me a number
There's no amount that can buy me
No number I can sell my soul to
And no bidder I can belong to
Because where my treasure is, there my heart is
And who will I be then?
Whoever the buyer wants me to be?
What are morals if they're money motivated?
I know wealth holds no sin in it of itself
But the lust for all that looks lavish is the root of all vice
And the day I exchange my contentment for crude currency is the very same in which my wage will be death itself
On the day that this day and age come to an end-
What riches I will have had here will rot away when I lay on the other side of the grave
Am I here merely to be bought?
No
Is my purpose purely to be purchased with pelf?
No
Is it worth it?
Giving my individuality up for someone else's personal investment
No
For fame?
No
Fortune?
No
I'm not to be auctioned off
And my life is not for sale
So, no-
I don't have a price
About the Creator
Josh Morgan
Personally, writing began as a creative outlet, to be a means of processing and venting emotion, but it has become so much more. Something I want not to be just relatable, enjoyable and a good read, but to reach someone who is in need.
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Compelling and original writing
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Niche topic & fresh perspectives
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Comments (16)
Congrats on TS - this is powerful line: And the day I exchange my contentment for crude currency is the very same in which my wage will be death itself
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Congrats on top story!
I loved every bit of this. Favorite line: "Because where my treasure is, there my heart is"
I really admire this conviction!!
Congratulations on TS! 🥳
Congrats on Top Story!🥳🥳🥳
Right-O - not for any price. Congrats!!
This here is a mantra in the making...Well done! And Congrats!
Back to say congratulations on your Top Story! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
What a beautifully and effectively composed piece! Congrats on the top story :)
You can't put a price on being human. I love this!
Congratulations.
"Lack of money is the root of all evil." - George Bernard Shaw
Whoaaa, this was so freaking powerful! So in love with your poem!
Loved this… it resonates a lot. I think we can only truly know what our price is m, or if we have one, when we have nothing. When we are reduced to survival mode - do our morals crumble? Are they but a mental construct of the comfortable ego? Do we relax on what we believe to be right when hunger takes hold?