Chapter 64: Decide or be decided

I’m being watched even as I am watching
Her heaviness is felt without showing
She curses my shadow
And I make no move to object
I’ve no urge to defend
The way she has been grounded
What should be her desired end
I cannot understand the full extent of his neglect
She’s been made heavy and I’m just hollow
Not at all inclined to follow
I provide her with choices
But she is so easily harried
So many possible voices
Essentially buried
In the burden of what could be
I cannot make this decision
But I don’t lie as I say I’ll be there
I’ve no desire to join her prison
But I’ll assist, it’s only fair
That I correct another’s mistake
Quatrains and tarot
Offer her no respite
The decisions hers to make
Soon or it will show
Tears blocking her sight
As I provide the minimal comfort
I can muster
Watching as she squirms in her own skin
No villain to contort
No cheek to fluster
Just adolescent mistakes wearing thin
I’m being watched even as I’m watching
Keeping tabs on her attempt to cling