In all of our wisdom
we say knowledge is power,
but where is the power
in the information I devour?

When all of the words turn sour
and I lose a lifetime of hours
in the pursuit of
the unknown
that I love.

When learning becomes my drug
the one that opens all pathways,
a million-fold facts untold.
Until, I am paralyzed
by everything above and below
and all the things that I know
I do not know.

Would it be better to remain tamed,
relieve myself of this searching game
and settle down to fit in
as a perfect upright citizen,
as a family unit living in
domesticated tranquility
and mundane docility?

Sorry, humility
isn’t my nature
I will thrive and die
on my curiosity.