How Could We
If love is the fragrance of Life,
Knowledge is the map within ourselves guiding
the flying carpet of the soul
towards its lovely fountain.
Yet, most humans are victims
and/or agents of hatred
and, day in day out,
they struggle to sign loan contracts
with the bankers of ignorance and death.
But further,
Since "knowing is not enough,
we must apply.
Willing is not enough,
we must do",
how could we,
by insisting on ignorance and hatred,
manage to climb the many
a mountain-like burden of life and death
instead of carrying them
all upon us?
How could we,
without reading and learning,
arrive at understanding
and smelling that fragrance of life
to eventually come upon that map
leading to finding that fountain?
Chokri Omri
(Tunisia, March 2021)
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