Knowledge

When I was 18
I felt so sharp
And intelligent
And ready to take
On the world.
I wanted to do it
All,
Enthrall
Myself and others,
Like some kind
Of  conqueror.
But as I studied
More and more
I felt like a
Dot in the
Universe.
And I told a priest
At my university
About how troubling
This seemed.
He congratulated
Me and said
“He who knows,
Knows
He doesn’t know”
It felt like
Such a
Revelation.
22 years later it
Feels
Even more so.