Knowledge

Wisdom knows no magic bullet,
Instant access or easy trail.
It grows along a thorny path
With walls and fences to encroach.

And knowledge breeds the building blocks
That rouse the march to clarity, and
Experience, the bitter pill, is
Sage savant beyond reproach.

With starts and stops and two treads back
On stairs and steps and stumbling blocks
To leap and learn through trial and fault
And make the puzzle pieces fit.

Growing exponentially to
Feed the need of will and want,
Knowledge is a paladin
Whose universe is infinite.

Knowledge waxes on through time
Where insight marries reason,
And we are mete more than fair share
To learn in our brief season.

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