Accidental Shade

Listen to me You are giving your energy Your time Your focus To someone who would already be The thing they are If they ever were And this does not Come without cost While you spend Your precious moments Explaining how warm the sun is To someone who has never felt the sun Giving the energy the sun leant you To someone who is actively working To convince you That shade is nice too You’re becoming less of the thing you are If you ever even became her Drifting farther from knowing the sun yourself shrinking so much That the thought of feeling the sun on your face once more Hasn’t even crossed your mind As you sit in the shade Completely unaware That the sun is responsible for the shade you sit under And so are you