The Machine

In this light I see only in black and white,
a road that promises the best from the worst.
There is but one true law in life;
to gain you must give equally or
beyond what you may receive.
The cost is not our choice,
but is decided upon an ever changing world.

The cost of time is life,
the cost of knowledge and wisdom
is the devotion to spending time.
But instead we spend our life
on meaningless conveniences that
consumes the worth of success
and individual progress.

Industry bribes with amenity
and fallacious merit,
while stifling self-sufficiency
and born in its place; Dependency.

Do not be a fool to their illusion,
convenience cost more then
one can assume.
Be heedful to every step
taken with a machine.
Though they reach their hands
out to assist you in your climb
to accomplishment--

One hand is always in yours,
the other in your pocket,
but their motive is for your mind.
So protect and nourish it,
because you will never receive
anything more significant
to fill its place.