Phantoms

28 Feb 2020

Phantoms fill my mind, promise unfulfilled

I do all I can to live up to hopes placed on me

An unworthy vessel, hopes generally missed

I sink into the conscious of others, once again try

Try to fill expectations not my own, but important

Still treading water, knowing anything could cause

The collapse I expect, the collapse others dread

Still, I will strain my back, strain to hold on

To try and meet all that I can, unsinking, a buoy

To bolster the hopes and dreams of others

To be the hope the people need

To show them the land promised to all, to goodness

To kindness, to truth, to justice, to all the good things

I will bear the weight of expectations, of unknowing glances

I will make sure all believe in the sanctity of all that is good

Even if I lose myself trying, I will be all they expect me to be

A success, a man, a leader, anything and everything I will be