Playthings

 Child, how happy you are sitting in the dust, playing with a broken twig all the morning.
 
I smile at your play with that little bit of a broken twig.
 
I am busy with my accounts, adding up figures by the hour.
 
Perhaps you glance at me and think, "What a stupid game to spoil your morning with!" 
Child, I have forgotten the art of being absorbed in sticks and mud-pies.
 
I seek out costly playthings, and gather lumps of gold and silver.
 
With whatever you find you create your glad games, I spend both my time and my strength over things I never can obtain.
 
In my frail canoe I struggle to cross the sea of desire, and forget that I too am playing a game.

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