Spare Change

Spare Change

 

 

Please don’t knock on a door unwilling to open

Nor blow wind through a window that remains closed

With the walls that surround it

For I sit inside with a roof above me

And the foundation below me

I am willing to open the door

If the knock is appropriate

Because change

Does not come in the direction in which the wind blows

But from within  

 

By Mauricio Montoya

Author's Note

I'm at a lost for words but one thing I know I must take the first step.

Reviews

[Linda Paulette Littlefi..]

I understand your viewpoint on change, but I don't understand the word "spare" in your title. Do we only have a limited amount of change within us and we are not sure how much we have? Sometimes we have the capability of more change than we can ever imagine. How do you determine what is the appropriate "knock?" Sometimes we are forced to accept and change or we continue to sit alone in our shelter, but it is only an existence not really "living." I really appreciated the last two lines, they are very true.

[Garrett Leatherman]

Great message. Change does not happen for us; we make it happen once we decide to.

[Mauricio Montoya]

great insight, when i was homeless and panhandling a person look at my cup and said "change comes from within"

[Garrett Leatherman]

Wow, that's an unforgettable moment!!

[Mauricio Montoya]

as writers, i think its what inspires us that a moment or thought we cant forget, we find to express it with simple words

[Garrett Leatherman]

Amen to that

[Chase Dylan]

Brilliant... I have no other words, but I now feel like changing... Something... Hah... Deeply penned...

[Valentine]

I really like the meaning in this write and how you presented it. Valentine

[jacob erin-cilberto]

the title intrigued me...the poem itself did not let me down...

yes, the change has to come from within...not from what other people expect or want us to do....
jacob

[Matching Socks]

This is a great poem with a wonderful message, so true...
Nicely done.

[Fran Marie]

A well written piece here...change is growth ...and that it starts within is a true statement..great title

[❀ Gabriela ..]

Great poem, I love the way you get the message across with such simplicity! I really liked this, excellent writing! :)

[Morning Star]

This poem reminds me of a homeless man asking for spare change and the woman was digging into her handbag and her husband looked at her and then at the homeless man and he told her don’t give him anything he’ll probably just buy liquor or drugs, the lady responded to her husband, I don’t care what he uses the money for, I just want to help, and that is what God expects of me and you, to help each other, the man responded to her well he can just get a job, she said to him is find if you don’t want to help him but I am, and I will not judge him
We’re often resistant to help but we all really need to change
We don’t realized that life is a constant change
Change comes from within once you accept it
Embraces the opportunity to break new ground
Welcome the chance to demonstrate your ability to have a heart stopped judging people
You'll emerge from the experience stronger, wiser and more confident
Then you were before.
From time to time changes make you re-evaluate your life and look at certain things from a different perspective. Depending on what the change is, it may also reinforce your life values.

[Emily Feret]

Yes! Change must be initiated in ones self. What a true true idea.