How covert can a dagger be <br />Impaled in the negligent heart, <br />Who from their mindless sanctity see <br />No knowledge of use impart? <br />Free wealth like a lighted beacon shines <br />But in decay is obscured; <br />For self-induced ignorance binds <br />And smothers those it lures. <br /> <br />Only a balanced life can feel <br />Harmony in its full; <br />Else a plush trap threatens to steal <br />The mind, and its functions dull. <br />Free time is as valuable as gold, <br />And tenacious as a stone, <br />Thus wisely must opportunity unfold; <br />Success does not yield, nor loan. <br /> <br />Thoughtless diversion reaps no fruition <br />And serves not to calm, but to bore; <br />For senseless amusement took place of tradition – <br />Of Elysium – Aeneas – e’en Lenore. <br />Only when the mind is employed <br />Is a thing worth doing; <br />Wisdom fulfills when one chooses to avoid <br />Unworthy endeavors one’s pursuing.<br /><br />Adam Fuller<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/priority-2/
