Nothing much

I saw you and
I know how it feels
I know what it means
What could I do except wait?
I know how long it feels
When the sounds are
Falling all around you
I know how it must have seemed
And I would have been by your side
If giving my entire world would have
Been enough.

But with all the knowledge from our
Past mistakes
That we never carry into
The future
We hide behind pragmatism
Tying ourselves in knots over
Something still
Unacknowledged.