Where your word's become art, and your thought's become music

Weight

I thought I was protecting you,
Shielding you from the world
Not imagining for a second
That my actions actually caused you harm

I watched you broken
like a 'Ming' vase
Shattered to shards
Taking precious care of
each painted fragment
Trying to figure it all out
Like puzzle pieces

I now know I can not fix you
But I stay to tend the wounds
That are left behind when life strikes
Wishing I gave you better defenses
Preparing you better for the fight

I think I was saving myself
Through my love for you
Though I was too arrogant to see
But as it stands
I can't tell if I've made you stronger
Or just allowed myself to be weak

Either way,
I loved you with intention
And I suppose
As I look back on things
I should have allowed you
to sip from the cup of my bitterness
Instead of sweetening it all time
If for nothing else
to make you appreciate kindness
and understand true responsibility

I tried to take the weight of life
off your shoulders
Believing it would help you thrive
Instead you got cozy
in the comfort of my love
Leaving me empty because
You never learned how to plant seeds
Or tend love's garden

You only learned to enjoy the fruits of the harvest
And you question why my fields lay barren...

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