We are a Literary Trope

We know clouds are water vapor,
but we’re still amazed they float.
We know trees are turned to paper,
but how, we’ll never know.
So many little things,
make so little sense.
But since they are ordinary,
questions make us sound dense.

We may be too easily transfixed–
insane and dull and dumb–
but we see the world with wonder,
seeking all of its wisdom.

We are wise fools.

The “wise fool”:
An oxymoron that, like the rest,
is contradictory but makes perfect sense.