Once I dwelt in darkness Casting shadows from the flame That formed and freed my conscious mind From confines of the cave And out into the nascent light I took bewildered steps To see omniscient suns arise From ignorance's depths To question, think and learn of all The truths yet to discover To smell and hear and taste and feel The vision of a lover Vivid vixens in the vibrance Of my radiant rebirth Philosophical phenomenon Had redesigned the earth And redefined the buried meaning Which I try to share in vain With all my brothers and my sisters Still within the cave
"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy is when men are afraid of the light." -Plato