The simple life
Don’t we all love the simple life?
Because there’s hardly any stress or strife
You just need a stick and a big knife
To plant and provide for the children and wife
Basic survival needs the use of the brain
Like a simple shelter from sun and rain
Raise some medicinal plants for pain
But also learn to endure - for no pain, no gain
You will feel comfortable most of the time
From mostly favorable weather and clime
Your hands may get hard from earth’s grime
Still, life is one of ease and free from crime
At the end of the day you will be tired
At least you were not sacked or fired
It is meaningful work in which you’re mired
Happiness is providing for those you’ve sired
Subsistence, self reliance and self sufficiency
Should be your motto to maintain efficiency
By and by you will acquire proficiency
Your defense against the debility of deficiency
Manual work is gainful and sweating is good
Tiring at times, yet, you’re still in happy mood
Confident that fruits of your labor and livelihood
Always provide your family with sufficient food
Live the simple life with much gratitude
To God, with optimism and a positive attitude
Throughout your life resolve to sow that aptitude
And you will reap much more in magnitude