Man, Know Your Limit

 

A butterfly sits

On a feathery flower tip.

A sparrow sits

On a slender twig tip.

An eagle sits

On a sturdy treetop.

 

Each one knows

Its own weight,

A seat it selects,

Knowing its limit,

And up it flies,

To its chosen height.

 

His own limits,

A man knows not.

Too much he wants,

More than his limit.

It's where he suffers,

Life long, quite a lot.