This fact, everyone knows, <br />That fortune favours fools. <br />Yet, why one seeks fortune <br />Awaiting its arrival soon? <br /> <br />What’s earned from a lottery, <br />Is it not the hard earned money <br />Of poor souls, who had lost, <br />And wish to survive at any cost? <br /> <br />It’s a rich man’s pastime, <br />To gamble on any game. <br />Why a poor should stake, <br />For nothing, in return, to take? <br /> <br />Hard work always pays <br />Though it takes days <br />For the fruits of labour <br />To reach one’s floor <br /> <br />The tree too takes days, <br />To grow well on its roots, <br />And its own time it takes <br />To deliver its juicy fruits. <br /> <br />Yes, there’s no shortcut, <br />To become rich overnight. <br />“A bird in hand is worth <br />Two in the bush” is the truth.<br /><br />Rajaram Ramachandran<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/fortune-favours-fools/
