I Don't Have To Know You

I don't have to know you

Or anything about you

To know that you

Are familiar with pain

That you have felt the sting of life

The sharp point of the world's Unguided knife

That you have felt

The unyielding pain

Of a broken heart

The depths of sadness

Or the bitter cold of loneliness

No I don't have to know you

Or anything about you

To see the way you walk Slightly bent

Tired from the weight you have carried

On your shoulders for so long No

I don't have to see your tears To know you have cried yourself to sleep in the darkness

Many times

And I don't have to see your scars

To know you are well aware of what it feels like

To have your own blood pour from your body

I don't have to touch you

To know you have felt

Intense fear or the burning heat of anger

I don't have to know you

Or anything about you

To know you have needs that are not met

And dreams that were cut short

All I have to do is see you

And know that you

Like I

Are a human being