While countless lean their problems on the cane,
he can never complain
for this is his purpose.
To help those in need.
The reliability has become a trademark
within an epidemic of self reflection and focus
having this built in reliability to lean on when things get tough
becomes paramount.
Problems fade away,
de facto the cane's issues
for the tool has bailed the same person out
time and time again.
While no one would notice relying on the stick
repeatedly,
its the accumulation of everyone else
also taking advantage.
For it is not the cane's place
to lean somewhere else
it must stand strong as a guiding force
sacrificing for everyone around.
Until the once solid oak
has been withered thin, chipped,
eventually snaps.
Only to be replaced.