Finite Pride
A life, a span, a bounded line,
From birth to death, a fleeting time.
Achievements rise, like numbers tall,
Yet all must end; they shrink, they fall.
Arrogance grows with finite gain,
Power, wealth, and fleeting fame.
But bounded lives, no matter how bright,
Fade to zero in infinite light.
The universe stretches, vast, unbound,
An endless set where none are crowned.
Our mortal measure, so small, so slight,
Dissolves like mist in eternal night.
Why boast of pride, why claim the throne,
When time itself will strip the known?
Finite we are, in the infinite cast,
A humble truth that forever will last.