Understand You

If I tried to understand you,

 My mind would be tossed into a cataclysmic power struggle,

Much like yours.

If I tried to understand you,

I would feel the tormenting pain you subject yourself to,

Refusing to face the feelings that over-power you.

If I tried to understand you,

My soul would scream for salvation that a congregation could not offer.

And if I tried to understand you,

The frantic scrambling of the fire ants in my heart would bring me to my knees.

But you see, I tried to understand you,

And I found the me I left in that corridor, begging to be freed.