Dark jewels

I have listened to the arguments of fools
I have heard them like a donkey bray
I have looked within and found dark jewels.

I have studied  algebra like Boole’s
I read the works of Euclid and  obeyed
I have listened to the arguments of fools.

I have  been to colleges and schools
I have seen the wolves therein who prey.
I have looked within and found dark jewels

I have earned my knowledge and my tools
I have kept them current day by day
I have listened to the arguments of  fools

I have loved strange men whom I thought cool
I have often felt the need to pray
I have looked within and found dark jewels

So we each must fumble  through the day
Knowledge and perception show the way
I have listened to the arguments of fools
I have looked within and found dark jewels.