Alas, no clear account can I relate <br />(as one who knows too well, that sorry state): <br />for after all, to know one’s ignorance <br />would be a wisdom cosmic in its stance; <br /> <br />and so, wise men have brought their focussed minds <br />to plumb its nature, to aid human kind: <br />does it describe that ‘nescience’ which stays <br />as innocent as babe, of error’s ways? <br /> <br />Or do we sense instinctively, all truth, <br />but overlay it with acquired untruth? <br />And if so, is the fault, (dear Brutus) , ours? <br />or is it universal as the stars? <br /> <br />‘Innocence’ as plea, Hindus refuse: <br />we’re Brahman, that knows all – so, no excuse!<br /><br />Michael Shepherd<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ignorance-45/
