Responsibility          

                                  

Responsibility is an evil friend,

It won’t let you walk away less you offend,

You stop and serve – your duty do,

For the benefit of those who would spit on you,

and for those you know in need,

and, for those who helped you indeed,

Responsibility is an evil friend,

It will destroy you in the end.

 

I’ve been on the edge of this breakdown for many years,

Times of joy and times of tears,

Climbing so high on a hill of sand,

Trying to build in a way that is planned,

But the things you build are eroded away,

Grain by grain and day by day,

And slowly all you built is eaten away,

Undermining, dissolving to disarray.

 

Fill in here, shore up there,

Develop new ways to mend and repair,

Maintain the substance, keep belief,

Long hours endure without relief,

And, at last, you then can say,

With the help of friends you made your way

Responsibility is an evil friend,

It won’t let you walk away less you offend.