Slavery

ˈslāv(ə)rē

i traded these chains

i traded these chains 
for a walking stick and a 
pocket full of sand

wise men are masters 
at home with their riches where
the fool lies enslaved

either my riches
serve my ends or i am a
slave to my riches

i buy no pleasure
for myself but am not sold
instead to pleasure

who has more masters
than the slave whom the vulgar
call a happy man

no degraded slave
is bitter as the man who
depends on fortune

when virtue leads me
then i master my pleasures
else i am enslaved