Poetry #5: The unknown

I know who my parents are

where I live and what they do

I know when my birthday is and the things I did a few years back

I know my habits and obsessions

I know my phobias too

I know Pluto was a planet

back when I was a kid

I know what it means for birds 

when the sun rises

I know who I am, what I want 

and where I want to be

I know the sound of waters moving and the sweet songs of wind blows

I know the heat waves and sun rays 

like the back of my hand

and my almost blinded sight

I know what it is to have loved and lost

yet still love like I've never lost

Now the day is over

Now that time is far spent

and night is here

Now that tiredness has taken over me

and my eyes are heavy

Now that I lay me down to rest for a while

I realise that all I know

all the years of knowing

and I still can't and would never know what would happen 

when I shut my eyes