A Trail of Dust Particles – Alain's Journey

by reminiscent-afterthought

It started off as the simplest way to abate curiosity, and extended into a search for strength that was, in the end, far too narrow-minded. But wisdom didn't come from books after all, but from experience.

9. (Extra) Poem - Knowledge and Wisdom

A/N: Written for

Indigo League Challenge, Mt. Moon Task – trainer 2 - write a poem or multiple poems (total over 30 lines) at the end of your drabble collection, building on the world your drabbles are created (continued the line count from the previous one)
Mega Prompts Challenge, writing prompts #004 – 100 word poem

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A Trail of Dust Particles – Alain's Journey
(Extra) Poem: Knowledge and Wisdom

Knowledge was easy to gain,
and easy to confuse.
Books that brimmed with lies
and only half-uncovered truths
and interpretation, there was always
different ways to read, different ways
to understand
and experience served only
to confirm or deny their claims

But wisdom was an entirely different thing.
Wisdom was not knowledge
though one needed it.
And it was not experience
though one needed that as well
but the combination that came
with maturity, with growing up

And he wouldn't have gotten that
by staying home and studying…

But he wouldn't have understood
without the slap to his face, either.