The Beginning of Wisdom

The Beginning of Wisdom

P K Routray

The beginning of wisdom is fear of the Lord.

Hence prayers in humility tune child’s vocal cord

at the initiation of his journey in the realm of knowledge.

Thus His mystique in every field at the start, the child acknowledges.

Since ages yore and for ages in future our search fails to grab a micron

from the unlimited, unbounded charisma of His limitless creation.

Can man ever study to know the species on the earth more than eleven million?

or know the cosmic system where our solar system of Milk way galaxy that is cosmos’ micron?

The more the artists, poets, writers conjure to canvass their creation

the more it reveals from its infinity, to peep and to paint them, requiring births, billion.

Grabbing a fistful of sand if one claims that the counting of the sands on the earth is over,

sheer foolishness the claim will be, similar is our wisdom we cherish for.

Man created medicine to get rid of diseases, and boasted on their deeds

Diseases are procreated to challenge the man proving their deeds as misdeeds.

Everything around the Lord is too vast to fancy and imagine even in fantasy.

With fear and humility we have to only eulogize, adore and pray Him, surrendering our vanity.