Uncertainty

Catch a star within your eye
never tell a knowing lie
hold the magic of a copper band
steady self on sinking sand
and discover lessons taught
that make all minds less fraught.

Pace the paths that grant eternity
then returning full of certainty
explain the secrets of the universe
and how turn pig’s ear to silken purse
then telling fully wrong from right
banish darkness of the night.

But this would halt all mystery
abolishing uncertainty;
such is the stuff of heaven and hell
and it is here on earth we dwell;
such proof would soon dispel belief
and humankind need both hope and grief.