If I Never...

If I never knew you
Life would be so very simple
I would be free
there would be no chains
to hold me
no promises to keep

If I never knew you
Life would be so easy
I could love simply
not feel the swelling of my soul
not hear my heart's despair

If I never knew you
Life would be tame
no battles to fight
no mountains to climb
no struggles of the heart

If I never knew you
I could be content
at peace
know simple peace
but I would never know
joy

If I never knew you
Yes life would be simple
I would be content..
but I would never know what
Love is

If I never knew you
I would be empty
shallow, vacant
lost and floundering..
alone and not know it

If I never knew you
I would not know pain
but I would not know true love
that deep eternal kind
that erupts from your very soul

If I never knew you
I would be a poorer person
so even with the pain
the sorrow and the grief
I am grateful I knew you

© Shauni