Spend it well

As he walked through the streets of his home,
he could never have imagined what happened at this very moment
A man, completely in white, gave him a coin
'Spend it well' The man said.
The odd fella in white disappeared into the crowd,
leaving the man standing there with a small coin in his hand
A few moments the man couldn't think of anything
but then, his mind filled with the possibilities this coin had
Food, drinks, drugs, everything was a trade away with this coin
But he began to think.
What if this wasn't what the man meant?
He began to think about what the man could mean.

As he walked through the streets of his home,
he couldn't think of anything to buy anymore
He began to doubt, what was this coin really worth?
The man looked at his achieved coin.
At first, the coin seemed worthless, didn't look worth anything.
No silver, no gold, it didn't even seem metal.
It was an earthen coin to him.
The man wanted to trow it away but struggled to do so.
Why would a regular man give him a worthless coin?
Was it a joke? A sick joke?
The man couldn't think of anyone willing to do that.

As he walked through the streets of his home,
He began to think about this coin a man once gave to him
He didn't remember who gave it, didn't remember how it looked
Just that he got a coin.
He knew where the coin was, deep down his pocket.
He picked it up and looked at it.
A beautiful shiny silver coin looked back
The man smiled and put the coin back, forgetting about that moment.

As he walked through the streets of his villa,
he remembered once being a joke
A drug addict, without an home.
Now, he had an home, an entire city.
He was generous, he shared with the rest.
But in the night, he would sleep alone, every night again.
He looked through his pockets for food
finding the only thing he wanted to find.
A white shiny coin looked him in the eye
and said all that he had to hear.
The man smiled and spent the coin as best as he could.
A man walking by, looking depressed.
The man stopped him and said:
'Spend it well' While he gave the coin to the other

leaving the man standing there with a small coin in his hand
A few moments the man couldn't think of anything
as he walked through the streets of his home.