Life’s No Bourse, You Tragic Simpleton

Dive into any absorbing,
Thoughtful sort of activity,
And you’ll notice a tipping point

Where your absorption starts feeling,
In a niggling way at the edge
Of your awareness, like a waste

Of invested energy when
You could be investing elsewhere.
Then, for that and for no other

Reason, you start to lose the joy,
The pleasant, flow-state contentment
In continuing those actions.

This is a deep form of sadness,
Obsession over investments.