Knowledge Had To Achieve



Knowledge to have and achieve this done,
Takes effort.
Nothing accomplished to learn,
Comes mysteriously given without it earned.

Up at nights until dawn arrives.
One most likely remains determined,
Not to sleep or eat.
To later be said what they do to get done,
Is easy and comes naturally.

And often these words are heard from others.
Using excuses to have total recall.
Yet for whatever the reason,
They can not explain...
Their experiences obtained.
To accuse this on having memory loss.

Although...
Will claim to know much about something.
They know nothing about.
To then start an argument with someone,
With them to say...

'You think you know everything.
But you don't.
And besides,
If that was true.
Why is it you have no idea,
What it is I'm talking about.
That to me is as clear as the sky is blue!'

'I apologize.
But tell me this...'

'Go ahead.
I'm waiting.'

'What day of the month,
And in what year.
Has your sky been that blue?'
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Written on December 06, 2023

Submitted by lpahtillah on December 06, 2023

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Scheme AXXX XXXAX XXAXXX XBCAX BXXDXCD XX XB XXD
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 950
Words 210
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 5, 6, 5, 7, 2, 2, 3

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