Light

I want to make you feel better

But no matter what I do

I see you with tears in your eyes

Or just a deadpan expression

I feel the burden on my back

Heavier after each day

I offer my company and love

But it matters not, you feel alone

We stand side by side

I reach for your hand, but you do not hold mine back

Your arm is limp

Unfeeling of touch

I make up jokes, silly faces and dance moves

Each one more stupid than the one before

But even then, you look up with shadowed eyes

Eyes that are green and no light inside

You feel tired all the time

I want to jolt you awake with life

All my electricity and energy is for nothing

You are like a damaged battery, never retaining energy

I see that you are in pain

And I try to do things for you

Even then you walk and talk like a corpse

A zombie without a soul

I wish i had someone to talk to

Someone to get wisdom from

I wish i had the knowledge

To help you out of this deep-made well

I feel myself draining and straining to keep upright

The pain in my shoulders and chest is unimaginable

But no matter how heavy or hard

I will keep holding tight

I will keep by your side

My incalculable light

To help you see in the dark

Till you find your own spark.