Knowlege

"Assuming that truth is a woman -- what then?...." ---Nietzsche

Knowlege is something you can grasp onto

 for when you take liberties with knowledge,

      a judo grip on its coarse hide,

                 it responds by reluctantly giving itself out to you

but Knowlege has nerves

                       and lashes back with fangs when you dig your fingernails in

  if you withdrawal for too long, stung by its strike

Knowlege will seek you out,

             bump against you,

      brush amorously across your skin,

     jump beneath your feet when you're walking haplessly

You have become quick on your feet with Knowledge

                                      when it startles you so

If you stab at Knowledge, it bleeds but never dies

 

      Ever drown in blood?

 

If you cage or aim to dominate Knowledge

                            it always escapes

                       making you look ridiculous to those you revere

It is said that Knowledge is power,               but Knowledge has power

If you ask Knowledge, It is overjoyed to patronize you.

 

Reviews

[bluessadmood]

oh this is very strong peace ,i think you brought Nitsche into this for he was a victim to his own knowledge,as he went crazy at the end of his days ,oh yes knowledge has no limits if you scratch it it will bleed ,in a pool of blood ,very nice words ,and of course you can never dominate knowledge for its boundless,yes if you want knowledge to gain power ,you can not have it ,it will patronize you ,very nice words again,and it will never let you live the easy life you have known cuase all your believes and serenity will be lost forever ,i have known that for sure ,i wish i did not go for it ,you lose your innocence,i may come back to talk more for i have witnessed some of the her bitterness,knowledge is never a good -lady-ever ,very strong work indeed again gives lots to think about

[Gandré]

Cognition is the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning is always challenging to get you more into it. But knowledge destroyes innocence. In my poem I wrote:
"Making waves of being!
This knowledge has time, it has mass.
It is gravity and serious profundity,
It will not let go: I let go!
Timelessly, masslessly, without
Knowing that I know� " , this is how I see it. We exist and we are in the frame we know. What we don't know - this doesn't exist.
I grew semantically with the depth of your message. Your words you used to depict such spectral displays were-----and I liked them !! "If you cage or aim to dominate Knowledge / it always escapes /
making you look ridiculous" ----------- Great writing.

[robin]

I'm in awe at the jaw dropping in finding our shoes worn evenly, independently. Your words find me at the pass and watch me with mirrors on full blast. I've found your lines in my drifting tumbleweeds and drawn to find no opponent shooting back at me. You are cornucopian to my humility, thank you for this.

[mick weller]

Ha ha -
the more you find out
The less you know...
A little Knowledge is a dangerous thing too:
but how do we get a lot of knowledge without first sampling a little
ha ha, very thought provoking this!
question this:- 'if you withdrawal for too long, stung by its strike' - withdraw?
Nietzsche should have known better than to make wild assumtions! Ha ha
cheers