Meditations on Ecclesiastes

Meaningless!
Everything bides its time!
Meaningless!
What is this terrible crime?

Evil or righteous,
Both will still die.
All is contemptuous,
Feel tears that we cry.
Broken and battered,
Our lives will lie shattered.
Is happiness naught but a lie?

Meaningless!
Chasing after the wind!
Meaningless!
The darkness has grinned!

Perseverance or pleasure,
Both will still rot.
Contemplations and treasure,
Both come to naught.
Shattered and torn,
We bear a horrible thorn.
Decay is at its terrible leisure.

Meaningless!
Standing all alone!
Meaningless!
Living as one’s own!

Labor and toil,
Merely chase the wind.
Within the mortal coil,
Pain and grief grinned.
Sleep has no peace,
Cares do not cease.
Man returns to the soil.

Meaningless!
Enough never exists!
Meaningless!
Joy constantly resists!

Riches come to harm,
And steal joy relentlessly.
Wealth has no charm,
And deprive sleep incessantly.
Appetites never satisfied,
Unto the day man died.
Abundance simply awaits alarm.

Meaningless!
All that is save truth!
Meaningless!
Let it be known in youth!

Fear God and obey,
This is man’s most noble fight.
Await judgment day,
Every deed will come to light.
Stand in awe of God,
Tremble as you walk this sod.
This is the only way.

Joy in the light as long as it will last.
Remember the darkness of the past.
Dust becomes that upon which we sit.
The spirit returns to God who gave it.

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