This Is What He Knew Poem by RIC BASTASA

this is what he knew:
his dad never slapped his mom
never kicked her and
never for once ever leave her
he never spoke about
the most sensitive issue about myself
he never asked because it will be useless
to look for answers that could just hurt
both of them
his dad never disowned him
and that really hurt her the most
that when she died beside
her is his dad and there was
only this ocean of silence between them
and he was at the middle looking at
their faces
without really understanding the
essence of truth

but this he knew later when his dad
was dead
and he also traveled on that ocean of
silence
a lonely boat
without a shore.