The Stone of Tears

"The greatest enemy 

of knowledge 

is not ignorance, 

it is the illusion 

of knowledge." 

~ Stephen Hawking

Young Blood

Do you remember your youth? 

Perhaps that moment in life 

spent endlessly gazing at the horizon.

Wide eye, reckless, and pondering

the glorious moment of your escape

and the disappearance

into that great unknown

just beyond where the sun sets.

And what would you see?

A future possessed 

of wonders and unknowns 

yet to be discovered. 

And what was life to you then?

A great adventure 

full of possibilities. 

That was then, 

that moment in time

when you had made no choices,

felt none of the consequences 

of the roads you chose to travel,

when all the dreams 

you could muster 

had no cost, 

when hope was a whisper

and had no weight for you to bear,

So what was beyond the horizon?

Illusions withered

mistakes counted

forgiveness offered

and ...