• English Poetry

    The Wiseman’s Lament

    Fear not the fools
    For they have no pretence
    Fear the questions they ask
    For they may expose your ignorance
    
    Beware of the ignorant though
    They certainly are a dangerous lot
    Stubborn enough to keep facts at bay
    Smart enough to connive and plot
    
    Wisdom alone isn’t enough for the wise
    The wise must put it to opportune use
    For the fool doesn’t care much for knowledge
    The ignorant love status quo, tis change they refuse
    
    The fools have no concept of it
    The ignorant don’t find wasting it a crime
    Quest for knowledge is a burden for the wise
    Wisdom isn’t attained overnight, it accrues over time
    
    The world is fair and uniformly unkind to all
    No matter you are the fool, ignorant or wise
    The wise in their knowledge of it suffer more
    After all, “Ignorance is bliss in fool’s paradise”