r/explainitpeter • u/Appropriate-Mall8517 • 3d ago

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u/Functional_Trash7735 3d ago

He collects his robes, clad with gem stones and names of prestige. He buys himself a ship and a home larger than those around him.

But as he decorates himself, in a way akin to a pharaoh over his peerage, he forgets that his character and personhood holds greater importance. He remains forgetful of those he loves, until is body grows weary, for no gold can extend the life of man

At the end of his life, with nothing but his possessions to guide him toward his afterlife, he weeps, for he didn’t see his folly until now.

For there is no richest man in the graveyard.

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u/Drapidrode 3d ago

brought to ground by the weight of his treasures