Unfocused vision
Blurry images of you
Torment my consience.

You wait patiently for them
To pull on those limp strings
Make you dance, sing, laugh
Just as they had before.

When you were new shiny
Your paint glossy and bright,
Infectous grinning eyes and
Cheerful wooden chatter.

They played with you daily
For their entertainment,
softened heart with attention
You performed on cue.

Left used and forgotten
Slumped in a dusty corner
Paint chipped and frowning,
Strings tangled with confusion.

Just a puppet, nothing more
They took your voice , dance
and soul, Without them
A dented lost old toy.

Each minute silence
Creates an eternal space
For those stolen loves.

Knucles cracking hard
Skin split bruised, enemy wall
Frustration released.

We are one in the same
Observing quietly unseen
Hidden in the corners
Sometimes in plain sight
We are misjudged
That irrational fear
Paralysing and frightful
Mistaken for evil
We are the saviours
More so than angels
Our appearance though
Induces hatred and terror
We remain shadows
Ever watchful and protecting.

I would cling to your side happily content to be with you.
So strong nothing could touch me, your comforting words.
I had no reason to ever doubt them, you were never wrong.

My perfect idol so confident funny and independent.
Always fighting a cause of some kind, always winning.
Everything about you was something I admired.

I was so young blinded by my love for you, foolish.
All the confidence and humour was just a shield.
To protect the depression and insecurity's you faced.

Now I understand, my admiration has only grown for you.
That you kept up that façade constantly not faltering once.
All of it to provide a childhood for me, You are selfless perfect.