Carrying Burdens

Devin Napier
Nov 1 · 2 min read

I will shed your weight from my shoulder
I will not be your patsy
I will not be something to relieve your pressure
No longer will I make your life easy
~ — ~ — ~
These ropes for you I had to climb
Left my arms so numb and weak
You’ll no longer find me lying supine
My tongue will not fail to speak
~ — ~ — ~
But I need your assistance
How have you become so careless
This is surely a form of dissonance
Because your empathy is ever-so restless
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This time my limbs are my own
You’ll have to carry your own weight
Your captivity I used to call home
But now I write my own fate
~ — ~ — ~
Boy, best put down your pen
You know nothing else but obedience
To me you’ll come crawling back again
Your heavy heart will bear your penances
~ — ~ — ~
You always throw me on a pedestal
Embellish my image to boast my pride
I won’t mind taking this fall
And with my broken legs re-gauge my stride
~ — ~ — ~
The strength you use now to defy
It is my very doing
I gave you those wings on which you fly
Without me your feathers will begin loosening
~ — ~ — ~
You think you’re the reason behind feathers
Which are naturally occurring
You only hold rights to my steeled mind
My grit and grit alone is what keeps me soaring
~ — ~ — ~
I will tear you from that sky
I will instill such a fear to clip your wings
You’ll then ask yourself why
You’d defy me when you’re such a weak being
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What a funny sense of reasoning
To rely on me when I have no “promise” unto you I’ve shown
Because I sense that your clutch is weakening
You use me because you have no strength to call your own

Devin Napier

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Poetry has a way of hitting you at your core and inspiring real movement. I just want to share my perspective and experiences to whomever may need it.

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