YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU’VE GOT TILL IT’S GONE

You’ve got parents who fuss and fret over you

They call often to check on you

Because they cherish and miss you

Yet you complain they are too overprotective

And won’t let you be

You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone!

You’ve got a spouse

Who is faithful to you

And works very hard at keeping the home together

Yet you find faults

And wished you had married another

You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone!

You are a stay- at- home mum

You’ve got time to wake up in the mornings

To prepare your family for the day

You are there to kiss and bid your husband goodbye

When he leaves for work

You take your children to school and pick them after school

You are available for their PTA meetings and other school activities

You have time to prepare lunch and dinner for the family

You are at home to welcome your husband when he arrives

You serve him and attend to his other needs

Yet you complain and compare yourself to other women

Who are working and building a career for themselves

You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone!

You’ve got in-laws

Who don’t disturb your life with naggings, criticisms and complaints

Yet you label them negatively

And even wished they were dead

You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone!

You are a youth

Vibrating with good health

You can eat without any support

You can jump, run and even lift heavy objects

Indeed your glory is clearly seen in your strength

You sleep and wake without any support                             

And you rarely fall ill

Yet you consume what isn’t good for the body

And you treat your body like a piece of rag

You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone

You’ve got a pastor

Who teaches the truth and will never compromise with evil

Yet you label him as being too aggressive and harsh

You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone!

You are rich, yes, money is not your problem

You inherited a great wealth from your parents

You have more stored away

Yet you fail to invest and multiply it

But you squander it on vanities and frivolities

You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone!

You are a young lady with suitors

Seeking your hand in marriage

Yet you mock them, shun them, and you even deceive them!

“I have to be smart” you say to yourself

You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone!

You have today, now, this present moment,

Yet you wished you had yesterday

You long for those good old days to be replayed

Before your present eyes

See, you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone!

                                                           Written by Mfon Christie