​You carried me

From down here, the start, my journey up that hill began, with you. I couldn’t walk, hell, I couldn’t even lift my own head.

You were thrust into being my leader, the one who could do it all – right?!

It was hard for you, I couldn’t tell, you just kept carrying me up that hill, all day, everyday, in the sticky heat, in the pouring rain, in the driving wind.

You shielded me – I could tell.

I never heard it when it happened, but you stumbled, tripped and fell, I didn’t feel a scratch – but you did. You kept carrying me, protecting me from falling.

I started seeing more and more, as you took us higher and higher, the stars at night, the sunrises in the morning – you showed it all to me, you carried me.

Then, one day, we stopped. You put me down, and turned me around, I was facing the world, you showed me the most breathtaking view of life I could ever imagine. I could hold my head, I could walk tall. You carried me.

I never forgot that view, of the life and love you showed me, and so when you need to go back down to sleep, I will carry you.