Pondering Wanderer

Sometimes I wander O'er hills and down yonder; Sometimes I just can't understand. There are thing unexplainable, So few things attainable- Knowledge for all I demand... I've seen the Earth's edge And from now on I'll pledge That the meeting was not to be found. We're meant to be brave And insist we can save, But I still don't believe the Earth's round... Ha! Ha! We all say, until finally the day Comes for all to find out the real cause. When laughter yields tears And the answers are clear That none deserve any applause... As we all find humility, And our pains are undoubtedly Worse than we'd ever known prior To this, and it's true, And whatever we do, We'll not think of ourselves as the higher... We know that it's easily said, As we lie down each night in our beds, That we know what to do at all times. But coming down to it You, too, made them do it. And I am convinced most are blind... We should have been prepared, Instead of bravery, we were scared, And we'll no more deny all our faults. Though we all have our vices, Turn them into crises, We're all merely humans who fall...