Few Do Grow Wise

All men do grow older but few do grow wise This is something of late i have come to realize And do believe me i am one who should know For i have grown older but wiser did not grow Yes old people are many but the wise they are few And what applies to aging males applies to aging females too At the way we treat the Planet we live on would you not agree Is proof enough of our lack of wisdom is how it seems to be That few people as they age grow wiser seems hard to deny And what applies to most men to most women too does apply Among the financially successful many wise people you will not find Wisdom seems to be more prevalent among the not so well to do kind The wise people of the World are an endangered breed And of more of their kind humanity is in need.