Around You

This is in honor of those people we know and love (or have to put up with) who suck the life right out of a room. We all know at least one.

Around you I am smaller than nothing.

Around you I live, but I can barely breathe.

Around you I am a pillar supporting the weight of your dreams.

Around you I speak, but no one listens.

Around you my wings are clipped, I am grounded.

Around you I am a moth to the flame, fascinated yet helpless.

Around you my armor is weak and I am vulnerable.

Around you my dreams seem further out of reach.

Around you what I can give is never enough.

Around you I am defined by what you say.

Around you I am exhausted by meaningless effort.

Around you what I grasp for always vanishes.

Around you I struggle to be myself.

Around you I am always the guilty one.

Around you my soul withers slowly.

Around you I fight to retain what is mine.

Around you I am alone.