evolving the self

 

the gift of ignorance

what do we really know of another?

let alone, what do we ever really know of our self?

what do we really know at all?

we live in ignorance,

and we can easily convince ourselves 

instead that "we've got it,"

I feel that my father gave me a great gift,

the wisdom to embrace

the realizing that we are ignorant,

for then we have a hole that can be filled,

questions arise that thirst for answers,

and we become more of value

as understanding starts to fill the hole,

and our thirst is assuaged for awhile,

too much sureness is dangerous,

for then we are not curious,

it is in being curious and seeking to know better

that the evolution of our self stumbles forward.

by Henry H. Walker

April 2, ‘26