Dark places

Wisdom

What is it about human nature

That makes us want to know

The unknown

To discover

The undiscover

To seek

The unfound?

How do we learn

How to live?

I could spend my life

Reading all the books

In the world

Then reach the end

And realize

I had all the information about swimming

But never got in the water.

The world is filled with light

And with darkness too;

Perhaps there is a time

To shine our torches

Into the gloom

To find explanations

And connections

To learn and comprehend;

Yet

Perhaps there is also a time

To accept

That which we cannot perceive

Or explain

The corners where our torches

Do not reach;

Perhaps,

Even greater than intelligence

And knowledge

Is a sense of respect

And reverence

For its limits;

For the dark places

Where reason

Cannot penetrate.