Fire in winter

To be warm

is to be safe

But warmth is not a right-

warmth is a privilege

If you are cold

freezing and dying

you do not have the right

to build a fire

You have the right

to remain silent

So when the storm comes

and buries you deep

and you have no wealth

then

you will seep

And you will freeze

forever exercising

your right

of remaining silence

until your cold

bitter

end…

when the fire runs out-

and you end.

Penny

Penny,

you knew fighting

this losing battle

would be no stroll

on a calm beach.

And daughter,

now you know

that to challenge Goliath

when you are David,

when you have nothing,

…feel like nothing…

and you have no wealth,

no allies, no power-

that it’s like a penny

challenging a million bucks!

But you know, too

when everything is gone

…everything is lost…

and you lose…

and you’re lost…

like I lost…

…you still win.

Because you are one-

one in a million,

my Penny…