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Jul 2015
The great tragedy of my life
Put in the simplest terms
There is a moment for each of you
The moment I feel I fell in love

Sometimes a moment of bravery
A brief feeling of permanent loss
Other times just the way you laughed
When all I could I expect were tears

Its not all that surprising
How could this not happen
Surrounded by such an amazing presence
Who were equally beautiful on the inside and the out.

But suppression is what I must practice
I already know the answers each would give
I'm a brother, a best friend,
A support which you don't want move

But I'm not angry, I'm not vindictive
True it hurts but I am not hurt
I'm not selfish enough to be so blind
That I don't understand my integral role


I am what you need me to be
And if this is all that you can see
If this is truly what you need of me
Then I will aspire to be the best I can be

I will be the best ear for you to pour into
To not just hear, but listen
To the sorrows, to the woes
And all of the I don't knows

I will endeavor to give the best advice
Even when you're stubborn dear
I'll do my best to be nice
But I will be quite blunt

I'll be the perfect shelter
So that when the world falls down
It will fall down around you
Instead of on top of you.

Yes this sounds like a love poem
But I suppose that is because it is

I love you just as you all love me
And I know that I am needed
But I won't ever be wanted like that
But I'm not sad cause two out of three ain't bad.
Written by
Benjamin Dixon
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   skaldspiller and Genevieve
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