life – Picking Up Roots

Why I Read

I want to
wring the knowledge
from the pages
of the world

and absorb it
within my soul

so I may better understand
a sliver
of all
I do not know

Pleasure

what is life
without pleasure,

living
is a pleasure

Riches

it's not supposed
to be easy,
but we should
be having fun;

this is life,
it is meant
to be lived;

we should be moving,
reading and learning,
experiencing all we can,
accepting we'll never

do it all,
know it all,
learn it all

though our lives
will be richer
for what we put in