When knowledge is true, all doors open

The mind melts, its rigidity forever broken

We’re welcomed in every heart

No need to ask, we’re never apart

True knowledge only trusts silence

The faintest whisper from the mind is violence

Turning pages will not get us there

Unless hidden ignorance is first laid bare

True knowledge is sharp and exacting

Our attention cannot be caught napping

Its source is everywhere

And found through a silent inner stare

We cannot forgo true knowledge

Even if it breaks the most pleasurable bondage

Only as awareness, we can hold forever

True knowledge our only treasure