I Do Not Know

I do not know what it feels like to be wealthy though I've never known poverty And I feel I am a lucky fellow as lack of food will never kill me And I've never been a displaced person and left to live with the bad memory Of camp life on the fringe of the desert the lot of the poor refugee. I do not know what it feels like to be Homeless without a roof over my head Without a mattress for to sleep on and a warm and comfortable bed One might say I am rather lucky life for some must be living hell Compared to some I have it easy and I am one who lives rather well. I do not know how it feels to be hungry and to go to sleep hungry at night And of food I have always had plenty for to appease my appetite And so many without a future in a World where many have more than enough And I feel I am rather lucky since I never have known it tough. I do not know how it feels like to be suicidal one on the brink of despair One without a purpose in living whose life dreams are shattered beyond repair I am a very lucky fellow my life not so bad over all And I have some marvellous memories that I feel happy to recall. I do not know how it feels like to suffer from prolonged depression and only know unhappiness And have to live life without laughter enmeshed in a cocoon of stress, Suppose I am one lucky fellow I enjoy a good laugh every day And even in my darkest moments happiness from me not far away.