Young people are poor thinkers
You must first feed them
on the fruits of that one
special tree of knowledge
of what is useful and detrimental
before they know anything
and once they get that
they understand
that it is the way it has to be
if one doesn't want to remain a paradise child
for whom everything must be ready
in a world without dangers
What is detrimental to that, is good
for humanity, although it is a pity
that many adults do not continue to eat
the fruits of that tree
Poem 1225 Amsterdam, 2017-03-15 Genesis 2:9,17 Tree of the knowledge of good (useful) and bad (detrimental - a practical qualification, not the ethical notion of 'evil') Collection:From Sacred Scriptures My Home Keyword:Knowledge: gain Keyword:Bible^