SPOTLIGHT
STRIP IT DOWN TO THE BARE BONES OF THE DEAL AND YOU HAVE A
FAITHLESS FAITH IN THE FINALITY OF BLISSFUL IGNORANCE.
YOU DID NOT KNOW AND WERE HAPPY NOT KNOWING, SO YOU
TRAVELED ON LOOKING FOR A POCKET OF LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS.
YOU DID NOT KNOW YOU WERE LOOKING UNTIL THE LIGHT SHONE
FULL AND FLEETING SO BRIGHTLY THAT IT BURNED ITS
MEMORY INTO YOUR MINDS EYE AND ALL ELSE PALED IN ITS
PRESENCE, THIS TERRIBLE ILLUMINATION.
"OH MY GOD!!!", YOU THINK, YOU SCREAM BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE TRUTH NOW.
THERE IS MORE THAN DARKNESS, MORE THAN SHADOWS.
YET THE POCKET OF LIGHT IS GONE NOW AND YOUR BACK
IN THAT NETHER-WORLD. IT IS EVEN DARKER NOW AND THE
SHADOWS SQUIRM AND CRINGE. THEY KNOW THAT YOU
KNOW AND ARE AFRAID FOR YOU, AFRAID THAT YOU WILL
LEAVE IN SEARCH OF SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN ONLY
ATTAIN IN DREAMS AND MEMORY. FRANTIC, BEGGING, CURSING
YOU RAIL AT THE INJUSTICE OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE PITILESS
TASK-MASTER OF YOUR MIND WILL NOT LET YOU REST UNTIL
YOU LEARN MORE AND BASK IN THE GLORY OF THE LIGHT.
NOW YOU KNOW.