**L**ittle were my torments when ignorance reigned

**O**ver my cloudy conscience on hot days.

**S**itting in new knowledge I lost my conviction

**T**o speak on pertinent, painful things.

**A**nd I lost me, too.

**N**ow that I know there is always more to know

**D**oubt hugs me tightly because he can.

**F**lashing a warning when I stray sideways

**O**paque certainty hooking in to all I am.

**U**nder the blue, the wondering, darkness too

**N**o one can ignore old mistakes. I am grateful

**D**awn embraces the fallen who’s only wish is change