You never loved me, but you needed me,
graceless form, but solid function,
a stiffened spine to wrap your life around,
the unbent shoulders holding up your silly world.
Now I revel in all the ways you are unable to break me,
the hollow thud your skull makes ramming into
the brick wall of my unshakeable resolve.
I loved you, but I never needed you.
I’m not fool enough to build an anchor with feathers,
to pluck the brightest bird down from the sky
and set him upon the sea of tears I’ve already cried
in anticipation of the way he will drown.
Now you revel in your freedom, the wind that carries you,
while I stand still on the ground below,
watching you grow smaller until you disappear.