The rich man could see

     the poor man in Paradise 

                     and he realized 

he'd spent his life

                      being so unwise

   ignoring the plight

       of those less fortunate than he

He'd lived so selfishly. 

Too late for regrets

     He cried out  -

Warn those who haven't died yet!

  And The Lord took pity

       and in His great mercy

       he recorded his story

       in Scripture for all to read.

yet still   - the rich

     live to fulfill 

         their own will

They choose to ignore

   the plight of the poor

      God brings to their door

They take advantage of

 with hearts lacking love

   the poor who lack enough 

     And who would you rather be   -

     a poor man in this world,

      but rich in eternity,

       Or a rich man

         in this world's wealth

        doomed to spend

           forever in Hell?