Know in Part

For Paul the Apostle

Which part of knowledge did you pursue

When you studied for hours in the library catacombs

Building a tower of Siloam out of books?

The part that brought me to conviction

Which part of knowledge drove you so violent?

Those around you could smell sharpened metal on your breath

Not until you found peace were you told your learning had driven you mad

The part I left along the road

Which part of knowledge presses you on

For which would you count your own life worthless

For what its years have taught you, or what is yet to be revealed?