Brilliance would be all that’s needed,
If the world and all its processes were readily tractable,
But the world, we find, is often very set in its ways,
It challenges us, like a game, to find the key that unlocks
Not the final solution, but merely a door to the next level,
And we learn there are sufficient rooms to test not only our wits
But most importantly, our perseverance--
Our curiosity, imagination, hard work, and passion--
Together these form the essential structure,
To puzzle it out with purpose,
Anticipating that the good idea will come in the end,
Perhaps from sharp intelligence, perhaps from yeoman’s luck;
It doesn’t really matter which,
