Can you find meaning in this poem?

I think in this poem, the poet is trying to tell us that all that glitters is not gold. Powers is saying that to enjoy life, we have to appreciate and under the melody that poverty brings. We need to be able to sit down and feel the earth, mother nature and our surroundings. Because too often in life, we can get caught up in the trappings of the world, our struggle to attain more wealth, to pay the bills etc. The poet is telling us that life is like a fruit, which falls when it is ripe and even though we are very rich or poor, we will all turn to dust. So we should learn to find happiness through nature in order to obtain true prosperity.