As individual expressions
With powers of perception
We misuse the lantern
That helps us return
We use its dim light
To hoard, and ignite
Bundles of desires
Until we are tired
By the lantern’s light
Will we survive the night?
The anxious toil hard
For a different reward
Light that wisdom borrows
Destroys all our sorrows
The lantern will remain
It’s light, we sustain