I didn't know

I didn't know.

I didn't know that

My lack of actions could hurt

The one I never would have hurt.

I didn't know.

I didn't know that you

Of all people

Would be holding out for me, when I asked you not to.

I didn't know.

I didn't know that we

Would fall apart at the seams

Never once getting a chance to change things.

I didn't know.

I didn't know that this

Would be the breaking point

In all the things that I held true and dear.

I didn't know.

I didn't know that now

Would be the moment that I

Must learn to let you go, and be free to yourself.

I didn't know.

I didn't know that time

Would become the enemy

I wanted to bring in as a true friend.

I didn't know.

I didn't know that this

Could be as difficult

As giving up a piece of me.

I didn't know.

I didn't know that being

Blind to all things would be

The sin that shattered our world.

I wish I could say

That not knowing

Was what made it all come to pieces.

But knowing is only half the battle.

I didn't know.

I didn't know.

I didn't know.

But I wish, I had...

Ivis S.