The Ignorance of Man

Not for the willful ignorance of man alone, but as well with failed concern does he, of himself, strive for supremacy over the other. Not in God-given respect of role but rather substantive conceit born from a fear of his own scantiness.

Though it may be that all are unyielding to the recognition of our callowness the moment we gain awareness of the responsibility that comes with knowledge, it is nowhere more evident than in the self-made gods of earth. Desirous of an office they have not qualified themselves to fill, they are reduced to mere bandits, plundering the gentler spirit of whatever semblance may be seen of her appraisal.

Should we wonder then at her stock of arms or the underpinnings of her stronghold? Or at the quickness with which she calls forth her guard? Were there greater safety behind the walls of any other will she not seek it there? And seek she does. Yet no parapet is found open to her save the one she constructs. Though lowly and perhaps artless - lacking the brawn of counterparts - it serves still to shelter, even when the habiliments become, at moments, entangling. And therein lies that great dilemma for which a suitable solution remains ever elusive.

The neglectful denial of commission results then in abdication. Unable to acquire that which, by other means, would be duly his, the province he seeks remains always unachievable. Were it not for hardened ineptness, he might reign as king. But what subject desires to be ruled by one who cannot rule himself? Will she not, upon a time, strive to secure her own ascendancy? And not of herself alone, but also field and mote, and armor and various ranks of guards?

However unseemly may be the wars waged over such affairs, should we look upon them with astonishment? It is no more or less an inherent outcome of his own willful ignorance, and is therefore no matter of the unexplainable, but rather the result of neglect and adjourned obligation.

© Rachelle

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