I didn't know you
God, I wish I'd known you
I wish I'd Known you better
You've been gone,
Gone for not so long.
But the length of time doesn't matter.
I didn't know you
As much as I once did
As much as I thought I did
But I know you better
So much better
Than they do.
They don't know you
They claim to know you.
Your art.
Your heart.
But you slipped away from me
Like water on the rocks,
Like melting snow through my fingers
So swift, so quick.
And I didn't,
No I didn't,
I did not grab on
I did not hold on
I let you slip away
I let you slip so easily, away
Its amazing how fast years pass us by
Three years flew away
Soft wings gliding past
Faster than a hummingbird
So fast, too fast
And now you're gone
Now I don't know you
Now I can't know you
Now they don't know you
Now they claim to know you
Because you're gone.
I don't know you
Now I can't know you
you are gone forever,
never to be known again,
no one new will meet you
no one new will get to know you,
Did anyone really know you?
the real you?
Were you lonely in a crowded room?
were you an introvert? extrovert?
were you still doing the things you loved?
or did that passion burn away?
did it turn to cinder, reminiscing when it used to be lit?
I wish I'd know you
the new you,
No,
gotten to know the old you.
There will never be a new you.
Oh God, I wish they'd listened,
herd your plea for help,
your wish for freedom
no more chains, no more pain
But you accomplished that yourself.
In the worst possible way
you are gone from this world.
No one will know you.
I didn't know you.
I can't know you,
Because you're gone.
