True Measure

Not all beautiful songs are in the billboard list

Not all works of art are valued in millions

Not all talents are given Oscars

Not all humanism is given a Noble prize

Not all intelligent people receive diplomas

Not all hardwork requires big pay

Not all saintly people are exalted on the altar

Beauty is not measured in popularity

Nor is art measured in economic value

Talents can sometimes be found in small measures

But all the same we remain humans

Humans who seek knowledge and stay curious

Humans who strive against all odds

Humans who always have semblance of goodness inside

Seek then the transcendent

The higher values this world won't offer

Run after beauty, seek for truth

Accept with humility all reality

Yet remain steadfast in true freedom

For we are not measured in success, not even in joy

But in the measure of not measuring our love