Your worth

What is your worth?

Is it the money you have earned?

Or the house that you have built?

Is it the places you go

Or the applause you get?

Is it the admiring glance

Of the crowds cheering,

Or the many accolades

You have earned?

We love to quantify people’s worth

In terms of money, or marks in exams.

But I wonder

What is really a person’s worth.

A hand extended,

A soothing word,

A loving smile

A shoulder to lean on.

I believe

a person’s worth

is how much of a human being he is.