In the great scheme of things,
how little we know,
even after a lifetime
of learning and reading and listening,
and absorbing into our minds
all the knowledge
being imparted.
At the end of a life
when a person is old and feeble
and has begun to forget
all that he has learned,
He will forget only as fraction
of all there is to know.
Who can learn it all?
Could one person
read all the dictionaries
and encyclopedias,
Study all there is
In the Universe
and remember it all?
But to what end?
To lie in a bed
soiled and forgotten
with no memory?
Sandra Lee Smith
May 29, 2009
Updated June 21, 2018
