$17.50

In a time of an ashen world,
in a time of failure and distrust,
in a time of crashing fortunes.
With a world of depression
and a crush at banks, lives
on a brink of distress and fear.
A wonderful world of reason
to live in this wonderful world.

A widow says seventeen dollars
and fifty cents will tie me over.
A point of courage and grace,
before a war would further
delay and destroy lives,
this indomitable spirit
carries on into the ones
who we need to rely on
and they must not fail.

And they would,
but for the sake of angels,
who show them the worth
and value of who they are.
As we seek our own angels
in those that keep us
grounded in the good we are,
in the part we know we need,
in wings that embrace us,
for the world that awaits us.

And asking for only $17.50.