Pearls of Wisdom

[tectak]

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To enter in, the knife must be both slick and keen.
The clamped, thick shell, held fast by might,
determined to resist; yet fight
is but a static hold which by
a twist and snap, the oysters die
and there within the pearl is seen.

Yet few contain this lustrous orb, this gleaming prize,
that certainty needs numbers high;
no one is sure, so many try.
Like pearls of wisdom, rare indeed,
and valued thus, subject to greed,
by those pretenders… wishful wise.

Great men who wisdom held to be, wise in their lives
in quanta dispensate their word;
in but a quiet quote, just heard.
Yet for this gifted, crafted tome
wars end in peace and soldiers, home,
lay in their beds with grateful wives.

Mahatmas bother, fuss and seek to cultivate
the pearl as pure as unbreathed air,
that journeys, bliss-filled, take few there;
to mocksha where all wisdom lies
and bodhi…man, in flesh despised,
becomes by truth , initiate.

Did Plato then a pearl dispense to Aristotle in his youth?
And if the truth of this is clear
was wisdom passed from one great seer
by written word and anecdote?
Or by a meme; the wise will note
that wisdom substitutes for proof.

Tectak
2011


Already posted in another place but mildly edited for the prestigious critics on this site. You know who you are.
What is wisdom?

hell I liked it My head is too out of sort to pick fault and for me that is a good thing, maybe later after I have slept I might trash it but right now mate it was just waht I needed. ><

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but if I had to I would put it back the way you wrote it thus my head is full of word song mate you cant fool this old bird and this is how I readit!


To enter in, the knife must be both slick and keen.
The clamped, thick shell, held fast by might, determined
to resist; yet fight is but a static hold which by a twist
and snap, the oysters die and there within the pearl is seen.

Yet few contain this lustrous orb, this gleaming prize,
that certainty needs numbers high; no one is sure, so many try.
Like pearls of wisdom, rare indeed,and valued thus,
subject to greed,by those pretenders… wishful wise.

Great men who wisdom held to be, wise in their lives
in quanta dispensate their word; in but a quiet quote,
just heard.Yet for this gifted, crafted tome wars end
in peace and soldiers, home,lay in their beds with grateful wives.

I hate you. You have a very good point. Bugger and thanks.