To Know Everything
By Stellar84

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This poem belongs to me, Emily.  All rights reserved.  Please,
no duplicating, copying, or distribution without my consent.
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     What if it could happen
     That people could always know
     What others are thinking
     The feelings they don’t show

     What if you could tell
     What people think inside
     They don’t know you know it
     But they don’t quite have to confide

     The awesome power of knowledge
     Such a wondrous thing
     But ‘tis a heavy burden
     To you forever cling

     For once you know it all
     She can’t forget it too
     You’re stuck with all that knowledge
     Of what people did do

     I think it would be better
     To remain in unknowing bliss
     And not know all their problems
     Those things I’d rather miss

     It’s a double curse
     To be enlightened thus
     Of all these newfound things
     I think I know I must

     I couldn’t accept such a gift
     It’d turn my life around
     And not always in a good way
     All those secrets to be found

     It's possible to know too much
     And trouble then in store
     For you know what you shouldn't
     The lure you can't ignore

     No, I’d much rather remain
     Ignorant and unaware
     For if I knew all those things
     I would hate to stop and stare     

     Secrets are best locked up away
     Tight into other’s minds
     No one show know those secrets
     And thus, they’ll stay confined