The wheel turns
The wheel turns
The wheel turns
Rise
Fall
Rise
Fall
Rise
Grandiosity
Luxury, and
Pomp
Turn
Turn
Turn
Poverty
Austerity, and
Survival
Turn
Turn
Turn
False gods
False dreams
False claims
False stakes
False pride
Turn
Turn
Turn
Emptiness
Then, Life
Then, Death
Turn
Turn
Turn
Neither the down
Nor the up
A breath of life
A blade of grass
A sip of water
A hearty laugh
Ethos
Logos
Pathos
Rise?
Fall?
Neither
T’is two sides
Of the same not-so coin