The Wise Man Learns From Nature Poem by Chris Embrick

The wise man learns observing nature
Prospers from the ant's behavior
How to reap, how to sow
How to harvest things that grow
Works unceasing, not the sluggard
For leaner times fills the cupboard
And take the squirrel always inspecting
For winters cache goes collecting
And from the bear who hibernates
Eats all summer puts on weight
Then there's the bee when days are sunny
Gathers nectar for sweet honey
Unlike the man slothful, unwise
To works demands closes his eyes
Never learning from the strife
That honest labor tends to life
That in the effort comes the wealth
And with sweating better health
Unlike the ant, the squirrel, the bear
At harvest time, the lazy shirks
Sits idly by while others work
From the wise man never gleans
Wisdom, truth, and what work means
Never listens, never knows
That a man reaps what he sows
That things of value, those worth keeping
Come from sowing, come from reaping
Not to those slumbering, sleeping
The wise man learns observing nature
How to reap, how to sow
How to harvest things that grow.