Lisa Sagardia Shapiro Poet Free verse

An Ode to Ignorance

It’s the simplest question with the most complex answer

If I asked I wouldn’t want to know the truth

I wouldn’t even want to know why

I can play this game of ignorance

…Correction…I could live it

I could sit back and push you to the back of my mind

I can manipulate myself into believing that you didn’t mean a thing

I can choose what I want to remember and hide you in the closet

Along with all my deepest fears

But one thing will always haunt me

It’s that fact that I meant nothing

That all my time was invested

Into someone who doesn’t even remember my name

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Beata Agustin July 2, 2026 at 12:05 AM Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Welcome to Poetry Soup. I welcome you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed.