I don't understand
I could never understand
I'm not you
I'm not them
I am me
And in me, I understand

I understand the pain, the passion, the desire
I understand the joy and the anger
I understand the confusion and the bitterness
I understand what it feels like to confront life
To confront fear
Raw and sober
I understand what feels like to have my innocence shattered and scattered at my feet
I understand what it feels like to lose faith
To lose hope
I understand what it feels like to have my soul wrenched of strength
To feel it fall
To feel it cry
As it withers and almost dies
And I understand what it feels like to endure
To rise
To conquer
To survive

You tell me I don't understand you
You're right
You tell me you understand me
You're wrong
You tell me your life's hard
I don't know
You tell me mine's not
You don't know

You'll never know

Penned by my hand on the 2nd of Phaestian, in the year 277 AF.