I Am Not Smart Enough Poem by Shalom Freedman

I do not understand
I read and think
And try to understand
But there is so much beyond
The ability of my mind-
I am after all
Simply not smart enough in many things
God did not give me enough brainpower
So I cannot understand what many others do
Though I have tried all my life to understand
I never will be able to understand
Not only what is not understandable by humans at all
But what other humans much smarter than me
Do understand
I am just not and never have been and never will be
Smart enough
And knowing his
Is yet another reason
For humility in old age.