as I was walking in your shoes you put your feet in mine
paralysis took over and you rested on my spine
I moved as though I knew the pain was lulling you to sleep
and so I focused on the road I saw in front of me
a carrier of many things
I kept you closest still
for I could not submit myself to any other will
I let the salt from everything flow out of both my eyes
in daily liberation from the questioning, the whys
to have you here reminding me that we are still the same
is all I need to get us through and hold you in my frame