I Am: The Sage

Philosophers search for 
   New questions,
   Patient answers, and
   Honest friends, for
   Philosophy searches for
   The Truth in a life

To be a life is to experience Truth, yet
   To be a life is to hold only a puzzle piece
   Philosophers of all ages and eternities
   Hope to find every piece to finish the puzzle
   But all have failed, for
   To be a Philosopher is to be ignorant

Their hands are so full
   Of books and quills
   They are unable to handle the Truth
   Only attempt a fool's errand:
   Inscribing infinity instantaneously

So I have put down my caveman tools
   I bear Truth's burning burden on my back
   No longer the Philosopher
   Nor his Poet

I Am: The Sage

I encountered the entirety of eternity's Truth
   Irony has its last laugh
   Truth for my hands to hold
   Not for my ears to be told

Truth placed in ignorant hands is soon replaced
   So I'll hold it up high above my head
   And show you all a moment longer
   Rather than vanishing instantly 
   It's gone in a blink of third eyes

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[° written while listening to °]

"Doors" ¦ "Small Worlds" ¦ "Inside Outside" | Mac Miller
"A Question Isn't Answered" ¦ "Certainty" | Temples
"King of the Clouds" | Panic! at the Disco
"Learn How To Watch" | Carnage
"The Phoenix" | Fall Out Boy
"Alien Boy" | Oliver Tree
"Momentz" | Gorillaz
"Legacy" | Eminem

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