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// 27 A Simple Truth By Star Swirl The Bearded 
// Story: Poetry From Equestria And Beyond 
// by LyraAlluse 
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A Simple Truth

By Star Swirl The Bearded

The one thing
I have discovered about life, 
Is that I know nothing.

This might seem shocking,
As I have lived for many years,
But I regret to inform you that it is true.

Well I suppose there is one more thing 
That I have learned about life;

One hundred years 
Down the road I will still know nothing,

And as shocking
As this may seem; it is a universal truth.

You think Knowledge is power? 

Question these things;

Question the years 
That you have been put in your place 
By the trials of life…

Question your existence, 
Your concept of truth,

Your government, 
Your friends, 
Your family,

And you too will be shocked 
To discover that you know nothing.

In this thing
Called life,

I am shocked
That I can still accomplish everything in truth
Knowing as little as I do. 

Just imagine how turning nothing
Into something could shape me 
If I worked on this principle 
The rest of my years!

I can seek frivolous things
And come up with empty truths,

But looking within my inner most self
Can open years of knowledge. 

Though I still know nothing, 
At least that nothing is one step above the shocking
Ignorance found in fleeting mortal life.

I seek universal things
Beyond mortal comprehension. 

The problem is that my 
Mortal shell-shocked mind cannot comprehend it. 

Therefore all I can do is live 
With the truth,

That after all these years…
I still know nothing.

Living with the shock that 
I really know nothing at all, 

These years of wisdom have humbled me, 
And oddly comforted me too;

Look within your own life,
And you may find this simple truth.