The Tower

 

Darkness has fallen

Across these lands

All hope has been forsaken

But I still stand

I'm only strong for you

Still desperately holding on

But slipping too

Slowly shadow tears me down

I see clearly

That I can't let go

What I can never be

What I will never know

I keep the peace

I help the helpless

I talk of being free

When all seem hopeless

I listen to your fears

When evil confuses you

I wipe away your tears

Tell you I know what to do

You always come to me

Because you know

I can't just leave you be

My heart doesn't allow me to do so

To give advice

I am weary of it

It used to be the joy of my life

But I see now I can't do it anymore

I am the tower

The one you lean upon

I am the shoulder

The one you cry on

But I need to be free

I can no longer be your tower

My will is crumbling

I have no more power

But I must fake a smile

And hold on still

And tell you all the while

“It'll be alright”

And so the years continue

Slipping, falling, barely holding on

Is there nothing to do?

No one I could lean upon?

You see light in me

But you are mistaken

There is darkness in me only

All the rest is forsaken

My heart is not healed

But this I now know

My fate has been sealed

There's nowhere to go

I will always be your tower

Always be the fortress

Always be the sunny flower

Blooming in the darkness

Even when my soul has wearied

My legs given out

The burden is still mine to bear

No one can help me now

And I long

For that one special moment

When I can rest

When all my strength is spent

I need someone to be my tower

To listen to me

And love me for what I am

Not just use me as a tower

I can't do this any more

I'm breaking down

Shattering to pieces

My world has turned upside down

But you know this

And I do too

My heart won't stop reaching out

Until my dying day

I will always be the tower

Author's Note

:D *singing* ONE...MORE...POOOOEEEEEMMMM! Cookies to those who can guess the tuen to that last phrase! (Hint hint, is on my obsession list and is something that I recently fell in love with...)

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[CrimsonDecorum]

I love the last stanza/line! This amazing, DUDETTA. Oh, and just because I'm weird:

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