Entropy the Enemy

"I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding, and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction. Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: so shall thy poverty come as one that traveleth, and thy want as an armed man" (Proverbs 24:30-34).

There is a law called Entropy,
That principle renown,
Which says that useful energy
Left to itself breaks down.

And herein we may thus observe
A timely application:
When slothfully we do not serve
It tends toward degradation.

A little sleep, a little slumber,
And a folding of the hands
Reduces walls to broken lumber
And overthrows our lands.

Thus time becomes our enemy
Unless we use it well.
The principle of entropy
Portrays this parallel.

So let us fortify our soul
And battle as we must,
Lest entropy should take its toll
Like moths, and thieves, and rust.