locked my house,
hoping to secure my kin
peace i found,
lay in distributing the key
crawled every book,
hoping to capture the knowledge
wisdom i found,
evaded the syllabus of university
conflicted with peers,
hoping to establish notion of liberty
independence i found,
emanated from the ability to agree
accumulated wealth,
hoping to help the unprivileged
charity i found,
invariably comes without a fee
worshiped perfection,
hoping to build a legacy
change i found,
never did care for pedigree
roamed across the world,
hoping to understand life
only meaning i found,
was more about me
swam up the current,
hoping to catch the wave
the river i found,
was running into the sea
climbed higher and higher,
hoping to pluck the best fruit
the solace i found,
was resting under the tree
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
- Aristotle
