Truth shows its light from off the highest hill,
And feeling sure of its position will
Revolve its beam as does a beacon light
Searching the darkness of the night.
It won’t consider other light uncouth.
It knows that truth agrees with truth.
But untruth stands within a self-constructed pit,
Knowing no better, so content with it,
Enclosed on four sides by tradition,
Prejudice, ignorance, and superstition,
Unconscious of above-the-surface light,
And telling itself, “I’m right, I’m right.”
(1948)
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