Damned One
I carried your being on my back,
Had knees like jellies under your weight,
But I kept going despite the pain.
You strangled me with your legs
When the ride got a little bumpy
Because you didn't want to fall off,
Unaware of your own strength to walk.
Your weight got me drowning;
Your weight had me short of breath;
It made me lose focus on what's ahead
Because I had to measure every step
And you kicked your heels into my ribs
Despite my biggest, sincerest efforts.
I was happy to have my feet moving
And my shoulders bending
Just in the name of you.
But you were a damned one
And left me behind
Like ship wreckage after a storm.
You left me bruised,
Purple, ripe only for the dead.
The arrow is stilled in my chest,
Scratching my heart but not piercing it,
While you hop onto a different throne
And make a different shoulder your home.