A Second Birth? Poem by Joyce Hemsley

Updated Poem:

In the lifetime of a wise man
The tree of knowledge stands in wait
Meaningful facts he'll accumulate
More than we could contemplate.

Although in seriousness
With age comes weariness,
Fretfulness, forgetfulness,
A kind of dementia hits the
Intelligentsia...
The power of the brain may wane
Fade and die as years go by.
Knowledge wasted here on earth.
But does knowledge
Have a second birth
The other side of the
Heavenly Gate?