I Didn't Know

When I gave you time

That I didn’t have to give

I didn’t know you’d try to steal the clock

When I called you to apologize

For something done years past

I didn’t know you’d do similar

When I reached out in love

To build a bridge from ash

I didn’t know you’d use my words against me

When I spent the last several years

Trying to build a semblance of friendship

I didn’t know how little it meant to you

When I forgave and forgave and forgave

Far beyond the point of insanity

I didn’t know your heart would turn to hate

When I offered you a gift

That I didn’t have to- that broke my heart

I didn’t know you were conspiring to take so much more

I didn’t know you would do the things that you have done

I didn’t know you were the type of person who would - who could

Yet even now, knowing what I know

I would do it all again…

...starting with forgiving you

Because the person that you are - whoever that is

Will never change what I AM.