My only goal was to be your protector. To watch your light shine and be shadowed by it. I wanted you to smile so you never knew what it meant to be sad.

My only duty in this life was to guard your heart. To guide you into loving hands so you never knew what it meant to have it break.

My only pleasure was to stand at your side and be your strength when you thought you had none. So that if you fell, you would never know what it meant to not be caught.

...and I failed you... because I could not protect you. Not as I always wanted. That's why you turned to me. I know the wet feeling against my chest. Can hear the soft whimpering because you don't know what to do....neither do I...

inspired by LilTommyJ's " Homeward " which can be found here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6PVuDCrc6U