Insight

If you know,
impart what you know.
Don't say that you know,
when you don't know.
It is beguiling to say that you don't know
when you know.
I tarry with you all night,
supposing that you know, 
and you really don't know
yet you tell me that you know


©2013 Christine Phillips
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013

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Mcdaid Avatar
August 27, 2013 at 3:30 AM
LOVELY PIECE THOUGHT ENHANCING
Mitchell Avatar
July 30, 2013 at 5:55 AM
nice one, elequont truth
Delaney Avatar
March 30, 2013 at 11:05 AM
The intricacies of communication. Well put, SuZ
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