Captured A Whisper

• Imogen Harris, Grade 11
• Poetry
• 2010

I captured a whisper in a butterfly net,
Murmers of a mother, a child; Who knows? Whispering
"Knowing nothing is better than knowing it all"

But what if you only know a little?
Your too far from ignorance,
but can never grasp the full picture.

So lets sit amongst the daisies and marvel at their beauty, Unsure of the colour or the reason.
Let us hold hands & fall asleep moulded to our lightly breathing bodies, uncertain of a feeling.
Let us ponder language & timeless literature, amongst the works of Shakespeare, Wordsworth & TS Elliot but never having learnt to read.
To know a little, but not enough;
Now that is worse than both.