Confession of a Fool

Illustration by Jacque Cournoyer

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.” 
― William Shakespeare, As You Like It

I am but a fool

wrapped in my inadequacy

with a vocabulary that deceives.

I expose my scholarly ineptitude 

that pride would have my ego speak,

“I have nothing more to learn.”

Have caution on your tongue

that would hoist self upon a pedestal,

for many a fool thinks he is wise.

If there is nothing more to explore

then pull the curtain upon

the days that lie before me.

It is joy to see morning shine

upon my quest to follow knowledge

as far as my feeble brain will allow.

I confess I am a fool,

to speak otherwise would be

the noise of  bloated self esteem.

©Susie Clevenger 2012

Kerry's challenge at Real Roads was to go old school...old school as in Shakespeare.

She asked us to take a quote from William Shakespeare and use it as inspiration for a written piece or the title for a finished piece.