Countless people walk through life
with awful misconceptions
Reading only headlines,
drawing premature conclusions

Many generalize, based only
on personal experience
Matching things up to
their limited point of reference

This, my friend, is ignorance ~
at its worst, if not its best
Ignorance is quite dangerous,
when put to the test:

Throw these folks into a mix...
with ill-willed instigators
Fired up with misinformation...
spewing from newspapers

Then hit them in their pocketbook...
now you've lit the fuse
That turns their ignorance
into a cannon on the loose

Ignorance is born of lazy habits
and rigid traditions
Keeping people stuck inside
their stiff-necked positions

Ignorance is a dread disease,
most often self-inflicted
But the mere seeking after knowledge
cures even the convicted

Put your mind into a box
and seal it up real tight
How dangerous this ignorance ~
inside there is no Light

Have compassion for the ignorant
Most know not what they do
Teach them every way you can
Ply them with the Truth.

       ~ Virginia Santoro ~
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