Arlene Corwin writes

Curiosity 

Curiosity!  

So admirable and so worthwhile.

It never ‘killed a cat.’

It’s so much more than that.

in one who has it,

It may seem idiosyncratic. 

But a treasure trove potential, 

Of the jewelled and ideal,

Experiential and essential, 

Meant to be a quality of more than ‘simple’,

Curiosity which makes you strong, 

Through broadened knowledge,

Every living thing and not, a college,

It is spirit:  spirit of enquiry -

For none deny

It is a spirit.

Oddity  but spirit always is;

All have, few use,

The masses leaning on old views. 

One thinks a thought and wonders why

And where and how and who

And so on till the thought is through.

These days it’s only to pursue 

And follow through: so easy 

With technology.

A universal literacy is all that’s needed.

Freedom helps.  

Once seeded, curiosity might gain nobility,

Respectability.

Both well deserved

And In the end, serve self

And all humanity.