The Howard Hughes Syndrome

Satisfaction can be
A most elusive thing.
No matter how much wealth
We accumulate,
How many accomplishments
We achieve,
How many accolades
We receive,
There remains the question,
“Is this all there is?”
Once we have climbed
The highest mountain,
Built the biggest castle,
Beaten the fiercest foe
Jumped the most difficult hurdle,
Done what even we
Didn’t think was possible,
Will we be satisfied,
And if so, for how long?
Will bigger, better, richer
Give us what we want?
Howard Hughes,
One of the richest
And most accomplished
Men on earth,
Seemingly had it all,
Yet died a miserable recluse.
Countless others
Blindly tread his path
Hoping to find
The fulfillment
He never found.