I Did Not Know Poem by Justin Fitzpatrick

I did not know many curious reasons
Why you act the way you do
I know not why you choose to be that way
I have not a single clue

I did not know the pain you carried
I did knot know the memories that fade
I did not know the truths that lied
In the secrets that you held away

I did not know that the sun changes color
That the sky is not always blue
I did not know the destiny you sought
The questions that ate away at you

I did not know the tears I could shed
Or the reasons I could create
I did not know the love that could shine
Could also easily decimate

I did not know what it meant to fear
I did not know what a bleak future was
I did not know how to grow
I did not know, but not because…

I did not ask you
Or I never kept you close
Or would not share your grief
Or not relieve your woes

I did not know
But that doesn’t make it fair
That does not allow you to treat me
As though I did not care

I did not know
But I wish I did
That is another life
I know I could have lived