VANITY
I
read Ecclesiastes
And
ponder what it really means.
“Vanity
of Vanities”
Our
impotence and insanity,
“Vanity
of Vanities”.
Does
God lament what he created?
Is all our effort simply wasted?
“Vanity”,
intones the Preacher.
vanity is in man's nature.
“Vanity
of Vanities”
A
life pursuing false idolatry
abruptly ends in sad threnody.
All
we have and all we are
can take us finally just this far.
“Vanity
of Vanities”.
All
we do will come undone,
All
the victories we have won
Are
tinsel in the winds of time,
Returned
to dust by Grand Design.
“Vanity
of Vanities”
In
much wisdom is much grief
And
our stay on earth is brief.
All
we get and all we gave
At
last goes with us to our grave.
“Vanity
of Vanities”.
To
every thing there is a season.
love and giving is our reason
to Live
the glory of only being.
Harken
to the Preacher’s preaching.
All
else is Vanity.
Copyright 2019 Ken Ragan
Unless there is "something more" all else IS vanity. We believe in something more because it is all that makes this existence have meaning, direction, and purpose. At least that is how I see it. Very thought provoking, and as usual, beyond my poor abilities to comprehend what invoked the message. You missed your calling. Very well done.
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