Karma

Karma is like water drops
They can be one of two
Helpful, growing food and crops
Or destructive, this is true

Water drops can help to grow
Everything in one's sight
Yet a flood of water drops
Can cause such ghastly plight

The difference between these two
Is how you live your life
Live it well and do much good
And live without a strife

Make a choice for your own gain
And watch the rain begin
Torrential pours will destroy
As much as everything

So make your choices wisely
And think before you do
‘Coz if you make good choices
They’ll triple unto you

This poem was inspired by the Rede. It is a belief that whatever you do will return to you threefold. I like to believe that Karma is a real thing, a spiritual way of punishing people who have done wrong or who have been selfish. I am aware that this poems content and structure does not go far beyond the simple message that it portrays and it does not have much to decipher, but this was my point. I did not want to write a long poem that's meaning is hidden. Karma is out there for everyone to see, it is simple, so I made the message of this poem much like that. I tried to keep seven syllables in the first and third lines, with the exception of stanza 3 because it is showing the difference between the two, so it is eight syllables. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are 6 syllables each. Let me know what you think.