Do not think

Do not think
I am here
To teach you
How to think.
I rush
To pack ideas
For you,
And hurry
To teach you
To meet the standards.
I do not stand still
And nor should you,
For in stillness
Comes thought.
Know enough
Not to know
To know enough
To meet a standard
But not set one.
This marks the level
Of not knowing
Below which you may not
Sink.
Above this
You risk aspiration –
A long awkward word
That does not know
How to stretch itself
Ever downwards,
But only up and out
Beyond the measured.
You must not aspire,
For aspiration must be followed
By thought
Do you not think?