we always knew these things

there are some things

that we have always known

since childhood,

since that first 

awakening

we just knew

these truths about the world,

whether it was the warmth

of the sun,

or the cool rain,

against our skin,

we knew in our hearts,

unexpressed

by words, impossible

things to explain.

it was something, external,

not someone,

that awakened you

to what the world means,

what it didn't.

it began there, at that

early age.

and will stick with you

even beyond the grave.