by Christine G.

Created on: November 08, 2008

Nihil scio? I know nothing?

It sounds safe,

in a nihilistic way,

to believe

only in my ignorance.

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I am ignorant.

No argument about that!

Perhaps my insistence that I know something

is proof that all my artful science

is less

than nothing.

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What do I think I know?

I think I know I am on planet Earth

doing the best I can.

I think I know my own heart

to some extent,

just enough to know

I often lie.

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I think I know something

of the nature

of good and evil:

beauty, joy,

cruelty, destruction,

the sting of failure,

the radiant strength of love.

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I think I know

I don't believe

what I'm told to believe,

but I won't know

for sure

until I have to choose.

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I'm pretty sure I am breathing,

creating

something of value

right now.

Good or bad,

it's mine.

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