# Poem #50: An Understanding

Author: bhscorch1313
Tags: Poetry, Understanding, experience, life

#51 of Poetry

This is a poem written mostly about understanding things (or trying to), and most of it is from my experiences (both good and bad) within my short life of 18 years (so far). Anyways, I hope you enjoy reading it as much as enjoyed writing and sharing it.

_An Understanding_

No one understands everything   
No one has the capacity   
We all want to   
But the simple truth is   
We can't   
We just can't understand it all

There are many things I don't pretend to understand   
But there are also many things I do understand   
That many others do not

Some don't understand   
What it is to be free   
To say and do what you want   
Knowing the consequences   
And accepting them

Some don't understand   
What it is not to have a father   
To wonder why and why   
And not be sure what to hate   
And what to yearn for

Some don't understand   
 What it is to be proud of yourself  
 To be happy for what you've done  
 To go up to the world  
 And pronounce "I've done this!   
Look at me! I'm here!"

Some don't understand  
What it is to hate yourself  
To live each day  
Disgraced and ashamed  
Whenever you look at yourself in the mirror

Some don't understand  
What it is to love  
To care for someone  
And not care about a single one of their flaws  
For their flaws are only defined  
By who they are as a whole

Some don't understand  
What it's like to not be love  
To wonder what you've done wrong  
To wonder why you  
Why do you deserve this?

Some don't understand  
What true friendship is  
To be with people who truly care  
Who truly want to be around you  
To be around people who accept you

Some don't understand  
What it is to be abused  
To cover the bruises  
And hide from those you love  
To hide the emotional scars  
To blame yourself for something  
You didn't even do

Some don't understand  
What it is to appreciate everything you have  
To want simple things in life  
Things you already have  
To just continue being there

Some don't understand  
What it is to wake up  
And have every day be a struggle  
What it is to want basic things  
Like heat and food and clothes that fit

Some don't understand  
What it is to overcome a struggle  
To go against the odds  
And prove those wrong  
By saying "Yes I can  
And I did."

Some don't understand  
What it is to watch those you care about  
Destroy themselves  
Hate themselves  
And to hurt themselves

Some don't understand  
What it is to be heard  
As a person  
And a human being  
And be respected for it

Some don't understand  
What it's like to want to die  
To wish your life over  
To think no one will care  
If you are gone

Some don't understand  
The beauty of wondering why  
To question and wonder  
And to think until your questions  
Lead to questions that improve  
Your outlook on life

There are many things  
That many people  
Do not understand  
Not everyone understands the same things

Understanding is important  
It opens our minds  
And broadens our feelings  
So it is our duty  
To help our fellow humans  
Gain an understanding of the world  
As best as we can

~bhscorch

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