thym38
- Oct 7, 2021
- 1 min read

Hard to Watch

I don’t know why

It takes what it does

Reaching a precipice

Before change

Chaos and pain

The collateral damage

Such a toll

Perhaps

In the end

It’s worth it

Lessons so powerful

The cost is high to all

Even the innocent bystander

These people

My friends

I do not deserve them

They believe in a man

I do not believe exists

Yet they insist

Now

Somehow

I survived

When so many better did not

I stand

Scarred

Bloodied

Bruised

In the measure

Of it all

The weight

Upon me

To be worthy

Of their belief

Their faith

To accept the man

They believe me to be

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