Monday, April 9, 2012

Knowledge's Chasm

The funny thing about taking a break is that you lose all of what
you worked so hard to retain.
The excitement of returning and proving to everyone that you still remember
is lost when you sit in front of a screen and
realize you can't put two and two together again.

There's a cliff that you are standing on but no bridge to the other side-
you can see where you need to be but alas, it is an impossible goal.
So you go back into the forest and gather up vines and the like.
Feverishly you twine them together and at last it seems long enough-
You throw the rope out into the chasm but it falls down and slams into
the cliff face you are standing on.

When did learning become such an impossibility?
I thrived on learning and expanding my knowledge
but now I am uncertain as to what to do and all of my assignments
are looming behind me, breathing hot, moist air down my neck.

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