I didn't know darkness til the day sky gloom
I didn't know color til flowers start to bloom
I didn't know motion til the ball stopped rolling
I didn't know time til clock stopped ticking
I didn't know joy til I see a child's eyes
I didn't know child's play til I biked on rainy days
I didn't know danger til I poked on a bee hive
I didn't know friendship til one afternoon in '85
I didn't know joy til the baby on her own stands
I didn't know pain til a folded flag on widow's hands
I didn't know about sacrifice til the first cry of a new born
I didn't know about grief til a mother lost her unborn
I didn't know how long the travel was til the view of the vast of the ocean
I didn't know how far was the distance til speck of dunes in Africa
I didn't know about slavery til man's liberation
I didn't know about a mock-up til I checked out for a replica
I didn't know the taste of freedom til one's parole
I didn't know there's missing til one is whole
I didn't know how to start over til it ended
I didn't know about the real deal til got defrauded
I didn't know blessings til pockets were empty
I didn't know life's simplicity til its complexity
I didn't know how far was chasm til death in eternity
I didn't know true love til that Man hang on the tree
Truth be told we are full when we are empty
We're complete when we have none exactly
We're clothed when we lay bare too
'Cause a lot of things we think we know until we do
-mmp 13Jan2015 11:13pm
