No One Understands Me Fully/No One Ever Will Poem by Shalom Freedman

‘No one understands me fully
No one ever will'
Perhaps it does not matter
Who am I after all?
Is there really that much to understand
That others have not understood better?

Little man
Reconcile yourself
To your own quiet place
At the end of nothingness -

You were not understood completely
You were not understood as you wanted to be
It's not that important
You were not and are not that important-

Understanding you would not have changed the world
For anyone
Except perhaps for yourself
And what will that matter one day anyhow?