St john of the cross

I came into the unknown
And stayed there unknowing
Rising beyond all knowledge

I did not know the door
But when u found the way
Unknowing where I was
I learned enormous things
But what I felt I cannot say
For I remain unknowing
Rising beyond all knowledge

It was the perfect realm
Of holiness and peace
In deepest solitude
I found the narrow way
A secret giving such release
And I as stunned and stammering

I as so far inside
So dazed and far away
My senses released
From feelings of my own
My mind found a surer way
A knowledge by unknowing

And he who does arrive
Collapses as in sleep
For all he knew before
Now seems a lowly thing
And so his knowledge grows so deep
And he remains unknowing
Rising beyond  all knowledge

St john of the cross