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Poetry: Enlightenment

by Steven Wagner

Created on: May 18, 2008

Enlightenment

What a hollow thing,
this thing enlightenment,
to feel the sting
of your own acknowledgment

what more than pain
does enlightenment bring
by your own mind, slain
by this terrible thing

of knowledge comes pain
of wisdom comes sorrow
of ignorance slain
is there a better tomorrow

ignorance is fear,
yet enlightenment is
an effect of courage,
which is better fear, or pain?

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