Had I Known Poem by Theyuz Banda

Had I known
I couldn't have done that
I couldn't have waste my time
I couldn't have taken lunch and even with you dine.

Had I known
Close to you I couldn't have been
Am dirty now, you are clean
Am bad even to worst, you are good
Why to you was I clinging
I didn't know its kings & queens' food
Am a rat, a cockroach and a lizard in the ceiling
Flown to me as a brood
Ushered unto me are curses and not even a blessing
Now am stupid and crooked.

I understand am not the first to experience it
Re-read the whole story and meet the characters
I am a villain and not a protagonist
Responsible for bad omens in the movie am that actor
Had I known
I couldn't have played.

Had I known how to love and not to hate and hurt
I couldn't have been a slave and even breaking the family's plate
All these because I didn't know how it gonna be like today
I have worked and not been given my pay
A lot of names I have been named because of the play
A fool as one born on fools day, on 1st April
Am still stupid though I was born on the 21st of January
Forgiveness is the attribute for the strong
Can a fool be strong and forgive as Vistel
Had I known the part I was to play
I could have been at cold place and not hell.

Lucky to learn how to forgive
My wounds are aching because are not healed
The bacteria which was used during the immunization isn't killed
My antibodies are not strong
So is my immune system as a baby 1yr aged
My head aching as it has been hit by a gong
All these because of the game I played
Had I known.