Men and women devote their lives <br />Seeking and searching for gold <br />Clamoring they must prepare for <br />The time when they are old. <br /> <br />They plot to seek possession <br />Of many materialistic things <br />To display before their neighbors <br />What success and wealth bring. <br /> <br />What are their true and worthy possessions <br />When they depart from this earth at last <br />And realize there is no earthly thing <br />To which they can hold fast? <br /> <br />The only things they really possess <br />Are in their heart and soul. <br />So filling these with moral values <br />Should be their life's highest goal. <br /> <br />Thus, when the world fades from their view, <br />And their time on earth is done, <br />The only possessions they take with them <br />Is what their soul has graciously won.<br /><br />Joseph T. Renaldi<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/life-s-highest-goal/
