Knowledge – treasure map
By Izuchukwu Ileka
Knowledge is one who leaves trails along a narrow winding path
But who cannot be traced as they are followed
Only vestigial parts of who could be found
But for him as a whole never!
Who men of old started to seek but found particles of
Generations after generations stared from where the others ended
And ended from where the next would start
Every generation tries to seek out this maze
In order to open the door to where knowledge is seated
But trial to no avail, they open to see another shut door in the distance – near or far
The pieces of this treasure map which are missing
Are but to be found in tiny bits and pieces even till centuries come and go
This map can never be found completely to make a whole
This mystery which has never been unravelled
Can only be to a generation – a vestigial informant
To a next piece of vital information
Who can measure the degree which has and which is –
Yet to be uncovered by generations, and those to come after
Generations shall seek but only to find little
Little at a time would be found.
Izuchukwu Ileka is a Nigerian civil servant with FIIRO Headquarters in Abuja.