The Worth of Trophies

Would you like another feather, sir?

To put into your cap?

More accolades and honors earned

More fame that you can tap?

Do you let your eyes go wandering

Your many high awards?

Do you spend your free time pondering

How you can earn still more?

You can gather up the trophies

You can heap up much esteem

You can keep it all so closely

But what does it all mean?

Is all you are so tightly wrapped

In who you think you are?

Are your relationships all trapped

Behind narcissistic bars?

How do you deal with how they see

The life you daily live?

Do you miss the forest for the tree

Does truth fall through the sieve?

Can you take any of it with you?

Will it warm you in the tomb?

When your time on this world is through,

Will it save you from your doom?

Let love for self be love for others

Put 'me' back on the shelf

Let your heart beat for your brothers

And you will find true wealth.

by. Jonathan Schaefer

02/25/15