Elation and dejection
Are the mind's self-deception.
We are searching for peace of mind
Keeping it locked up within mind.
What you know now is only a millionth
Fraction of what you ought to learn henceforth!
Better be fragrant flower ephemeral
Than living millennia as granite idol.
Beautiful dame willing for any game
Gains, in record time, all the wealth and fame.
You cannot speak out all that you think;
For, most of them are rubbish that stink!
While mundane life is a myth;
Money is eternal truth!
Follow wise counsel, to the letter,
Even though it always tastes bitter!
Poor know the comforts enjoyed by the rich
Rich are ignorant of poverty's pinch.
Who dives deep down comes up with a pearl;
Who flies high lands with nothing at all!