Road Of Riches

The motive was to work till a fortune of size grew

With which a life of leisure by reason would ensue

From which no turn of hardship would threaten to undo

To sacrifice the short to invest in the long view

And so it went, the hours and weekends they pushed through

A family full of ghosts but the payoff would yield huge

Till decades down the line this epiphany stung true

They'd raised their worth along with a son that they never knew

They ride, they ride

They chasing crescents in the sky but they hold only a vision

They ride