A Broken Stick

Misplaced hope

Oh, how mistaken I was

Unreliable man

My attempt to lean on you

So smugly wrong my part

If blame be dispensed

I bear the burden alone

You were far too weak

Immature - incapable

For that responsibility

A man-child
Useless
In a world of grown ups

My soul knew better

Still … I tried

A broken stick is
Feeble

Powerless to hold its own weight

Let alone …

Buttress that of another