I Never Knew

i never knew love could hurt you through and through ransacking your very core shattering the truth of trust the weight of a single teardrop can take the strongest to their knees i never knew passion can be a two-edged sword one side shining so brightly it blinds all rhyme and reason the other merciless in its swath your body and soul cut to pieces no longer recognizable i never knew that being left behind devastates everything all that you hold dear in life vanishes like winter snow the pain of loneliness has no equal i never knew the lover in your arms once beckoned by the call of destiny will leave as surely as the morning tide must flow from the bay that which is not to be can never ever be but now i know IRISH