Disillusionment

Thought portends
struggle;
it's a wretched
consequence.

Every advance
of knowledge
crushes
the remnants of simplicity
that trail behind
natural born ignorance.

As little children,
the plane of the world
shoots out beyond
outstretched fists
of curious infants.

Minds grow peripherally.

It takes many years
before anyone notices
doubt poking holes through the landscape.

Left to wade
through smoldering suspicions,
each step
questions the validity
of belief.

The foot falls
never stop falling;
they break through
theory's illusions.

Thought turns against
the thinker.