If I had known it was the last time,

I would wait my turn among strangers,

My patience would have stretched to infinity.

I never knew silence could be deafening and defining
That love harbors no cost.

I never knew the steel ringing shredding of

You hid it well, I never knew

All the pain he gave to you

I never saw a single bruise

Or the violence he'd use

I never knew someone so small
could take over my entire mind.
When I am in her presence,
common sense is left behind.

I never knew what it would feel like

To collect six- or seven-figure pay

To reach the moon, step and leap

Weightless pioneer