Conceits

At the peak 

   of health,  fame 

      or wealth, 

         there's always 

            an echoing warning

               no one ever hears...


that in due time, 

   all conceits shall  

      bow and break 

         under the leaden 

            burden of the  

               passing years!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2008

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