The Short-Sighted Man

The short-sighted man
built his house on the sand
with only a view of today.
Though he was warned
that when it stormed,
his house would wash away,
the near-sighted man
stuck his head in the sand
while the wind blew his home in the bay.

The far-sighted man
first made a plan.
He developed a strategy.
Since he knew it was sound
to build on firm ground,
he drew up a plan that he
would build his home
of mortar and stone
and avoided a tragedy.