Is life worth the pain?
It all depends on the day.
Wish it were not so.

The thoughtless pursuit,
Of any task throughout life,
Will never end well.

You are surely mad,
When you believe yourself right,
And the whole world wrong.

We all make mistakes,
Wise people will learn from them,
Foolish ones will not.

Government can take your land,
Confiscate your property,
Tax your earnings into dust,
Deprive you of your freedom,
Extinguish your very life.

But the knowledge you acquire,
And the honor that you earn,
Are a treasure they can't steal,
Tax, redistribute, destroy.

Governments come and they go,
Just and unjust ones alike,
And fade from memory in time.

Entropy rules in this world,
And the brightest lights fade out.

Knowledge and honor perdure.

The only true wealth,
Is one that can't be taken,
Honor your good name.

We quest for meaning,
Searching all the wrong places,
It is found in love.