Caught in the crossfire

I should perhaps
Have left that day
Without another word

But I did not know

I thought the world
Was meant to be
Such a layered place

But I did not know

The fragments would
Like shrapnel rain
Such awful destruction

I should perhaps
Have left that day
Without a backward glance

But I did not know

I thought being friends
Would be like sunlight
At a feast

But I did not know

There was no way
To scatter wholly
The clouds in your sky

I should perhaps
Have left that day
And blanked you from my mind

But I did not know

How could I know

I should perhaps
Have left that day
But could not leave a friend

How could I know

The price I was set
To make you pay
For the things I did

But I did not know
How could I know