What Would Be My Gain?

What if I built beautiful mansions all over the world?
What if I only lived in one?

What if I had fleet of cars?
What if I had no hands to drive them?

What if I could lend out to nations?
What if I didn’t live a decade to spend for myself?

What if I could compose wonderful songs?
What if I had no voice to sing them?

What if I went to the best schools?
What if I could not secure a good job?

What if I had the power to heal the sick?
What if the power could not heal me?

What if I had great possessions?
What if I had no one to inherit them?

What if my name was known in high places?
What if I was already in the soil by then?

What if I gained the whole world?
What if I lost my soul?

VANITY UPON VANITY,
ALL IS VANITY.