Poetry By Vale

I've Been Told

I've been told that I show strength
That I support others in all that I do
That my presence soothes and calms
That I give others strength to do the same

I've been told that I seem steady
That I am somebody you can rely on
That always seem collected and in control
That I seem to embody stability

I can see the people around me standing tall
The people I care for pressing forward
The people I love building their lives
And I can see them leave me behind

I feel the people I love grow distant
The people I care for begin to forget me
The people around me taking me for granted
And still I stand tall

I stand tall under a barrage of hurt
Under the weight of my own sorrows
Under the crushing reality before me
And as I stand, I struggle to keep up

I push through a wall of difficulties
Through my own wishes
Through my studies
And finally through my own safety

I begin to crumble under the stress
I fall to my knees, and I lose a close friend
Next goes my back, my friends losing hold
As I struggle to hold on, the first drop falls

First is joined by many more, as I break
As the last of me vanishes, the drops change
Clear is slowly joined by red, and I am alone
Now I have no one, not even myself

They said I was strong,
But even the strong fall

They used me for support,
Until my own supports gave out

They said I was their friend,
They said that they needed me,
They said they would always be there

And now, in the end, they were wrong
My strength is gone, dripping onto the floor
My supports have shattered like glass
And even now, I'm just dead weight
Abandoned and useless
Without even the concept of friends