To Understand Me

Did you smile when tears were all you had?
Have you kept silent when your insides were screaming?
Have you soared when your soul was drowning?
And did you sing...when the pain was unbearable?
Have you given love when you possessed nothing?
Have you ever dreamed while faith bled out of you?
Did you step out when you were falling through endless dark?
And did you walk...when no path existed at all?
Have you been betrayed by one you held dear?
And groped blindly while searching for truth?
Have you ever been stripped bare by malice?
Then—only then—will you know me. Not before!