beggars can’t be choosers

they told me all my life
you’re just a beggar

 and beggars can't be choosers
to spite them

to prove them wrong
I decided not to beg

and so it came to pass.
I lost you

they told me
all my life

beggars can’t be choosers.

image; Art Johnstone. ‘beggars can’t be choosers’. Taupo New Zealand.