Once Upon a Time Man Knew Only Shadow, But Shadow Did Not Know Man

Ignorance I wish you would afflict me till the end of time Ignorance you’re a petty thief that steels only what she wants For what you can’t feel you deny What you can’t see you will not seek Your epic simplicity draws me closer Yet reality holds me back Is it irony? That knowledge might cure you but can never substitute you? We may live our lives in ignorance but no one has truly lived their life in knowledge For no knowledge is complete Anything beyond these five senses that guide us cannot exist For you will it not This love that makes us lust This anger that makes us hate Feelings are jagged surfaces that may not slide upon each other Our mortal existence together causes a friction of contradiction Ignorant is he Who knows not the sting of a bee Or the scent of a rose Or the prick of its thorns The kiss of a lover The sight of a hummingbird’s hover Yet he desires not these things, for to his sorry soul they do not exist Can you imagine? Or begin to perceive? Not knowing death or suffering beyond the borders of your home? Or hatred and racism never having existed Then again, that sweet soft touch of your lover That sense of accomplishment after you relinquish aid Are the pros and cons of life not what it’s all about? A plain canvas is no painting to gaze at in awe But the detail of this globe we call Earth The knowledge that we thirst for The feelings we lust for All those road bumps and challenges we defeat Ignorance I ask myself if you’re worth the sacrifice It seems simplicity is a dead age This world is worth much more than the other cheek These people that die and those that lie The time will come when the pieces of the puzzle will settle in place Soon another earthquake shall come along and shake it once more And as always those whom defy you shall prove their worth Ignorance, dear love, we must part. © Samir Georges 2005