Victoria Bassett-Wilton

How can I speak when I must be their shoulder?
Do you feel upset, anxious, emotionally overwhelmed?
Use me.
I will be everything you need.
Here are my legs.
Take them.  Break them
so that you can stand.
Here is my heart –
It will beat your blood too.
How selfish I am not to share my organs:
take them.  They are yours.
Yes, I want you to.
But now, how can I speak,
when I’ve given you my tongue?
I am stardust, but now
I don’t mind if I die.
Will you listen to me?
But I can’t speak.