September 17, 2016

YOU DON’T KNOW

You don’t know you’re in the dark,

till you experience light.

You don’t know you were mentally sick,

till you’ve recovered.

You don’t know you have a specific desire,

till you taste a sip of specific satisfaction.

You don’t know how little you know

till you discover a second book and then

another take on what you have read.

You don’t appreciate vanilla ice cream

till you’ve tried a dozen other flavors

and you still like vanilla best.

You don’t know home till you’ve left

home or visited various other homes.

You don’t know summer till you’ve

been through a real cold winter.

  

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2016