No one told me it was easy <br />No one told me that this life <br />Would be only joy and happiness <br />And lacking any strife. <br /> <br />No one told me it was easy <br />No one said it was a breeze <br />With no problems on the journey <br />And just doing as I please. <br /> <br />No one told me that my future <br />Would be more troubled than my past <br />For I was young and optimistic <br />And lived each day as if my last. <br /> <br />No one told me that those black clouds <br />Would not be followed by blue skies <br />For I believed in providence <br />And no failure could be mine. <br /> <br />No one told me that this blackness <br />Would come a’knocking at my door <br />No one told me that my circumstance <br />Would not be hopeful anymore. <br /> <br />No one told me, no one told me <br />And I’m past remembering <br />The day those storm clouds gathered <br />And then dark was everything. <br /> <br />No one sees me, no one sees me <br />And I do not wonder why <br />For I simply am a virus <br />That makes problems multiply. <br /> <br />When I see you, when I see you <br />When my shadow hides your sun <br />Please look at me as who I am <br />Not what I have not done. <br /> <br />When you see me, when you see me <br />And you wonder where I’ve been <br />I’ve not been to Jerusalem <br />But to somewhere in between.<br /><br />David Keig<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-ve-not-been-to-jerusalem/
