Attentive Is The Tiller (a villanelle)

Accept no truth seen through another's sight
But find and till the light of thy own seed;
Attentive is the tiller of the light!

The wise man knows the origins of blight
Begin when "want" of man is seen as "need;
Accept no truth seen through another's sight.

Too often man is blinded by a bright
Embellished myth converted to a creed;
Attentive is the tiller of the light!

When man depends on allegory's might
To cast out fear the truth must then recede;
Accept no truth seen through another's sight.

When men of reason gather to recite
Mythology as truth the truth will bleed;
Attentive is the tiller of the light!

The masses are deluded day and night
As they upon each other's error feed,
Accept no truth seen through another's sight
Attentive is the tiller of the light!