A Poem a Day: a Series – Day 162

Day 162: “To Not Know”

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I don’t know

Say it with me,

I don’t know

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It’s okay to not know

To not venture a guess

To not speculate

To not make believe you know more

Than someone else

Someone dumb enough to ask the question

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It’s actually stronger,

Braver,

Smarter

To ask the question

To say, ‘I don’t know’

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To stop,

Pause

Listen

Ask someone else

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To be real

Level

Aunthentic

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And not hide behind an imagined superiority

The ego-centric belief that if someone finds out you don’t know as much

You’ll lose all of the respect and reverence you’ve garnered

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You’ve actually already lost it

If you can never admit

You don’t know