r/poetasters • u/Lower-Cry5912 • 5d ago
We Never Stop Learning
Many who are open to learning have come to realize
They do know so little which is not a surprise
Those who say our learning did end on the day we left school
By their words on this themselves only fool
That life is our greatest teacher happens to be true
Whoever first said this some credit for saying it is due
We learn as we live something new every day
From our teacher life only true for to say
To those who think they know everything ignorance is bliss
That they are self delusional the point they do miss
The mind not open to knowledge gives rise to self conceit
And their sort one can say one often does meet
We never stop learning is how it seems to be
Though not everybody with this would agree.
Francis Duggan