Poor Relations
Embracing Life's Lessons: "Poor Relations" Insights
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You’ll be left and leaving
You will be abandoned and departing
come and gone
Arriving and departing, transient
to want and need that greet you every dawn
To desire and require the things that welcome you every morning
you’ll be soft as cedar
You will be gentle like cedar, but tough like teak
hard as teak
Life will impart lessons to you
life will teach you
Life's teachings may be harsh
it’ll hit your other cheek
Challenges or hardships will come from unexpected places
and the song is over before you’ve had the time to find the notes
Time is limited, and experiences may end before fully grasping them
and the choice is made before you’ve had the time to think it over
Decisions are sometimes irreversible and made hastily
You’ll tire of losing
You will grow weary of consistently losing
games to luck
Games of chance or fate
when Death is cheating
When faced with death, it feels like a dishonest and indifferent adversary
and he don’t give a fuck
Death is indifferent to the struggles of ordinary people
for us poor relations
Referring to the less privileged or less fortunate individuals
we travel cheap
We, the less privileged, are accustomed to economical travel
we’re used to working
We are used to hard and humble work
on our hands and knees
Engaged in manual labor, often in difficult positions
you’ll see the work is
The tasks at hand are perpetual
never done
Work is continuous and never-ending
so take it easy
Advocating for a relaxed approach to life's challenges
and take it as it comes
Accept situations as they unfold
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