You need me?

You need me? Your sluggish posture Your sad eyes Your hidden feelings Your hardened heart As it would appear you needed me; My head held high My eyes – determined My voice—loud, for all to hear My heart? Well nobody cared I was fine; you were scared, You needed me Time after time They put me down Time after time You were there because, You needed me Me? Well I was daring and that was something you needed to see; You needed me You? We saw you were scared; You needed me When times got tough I never shed a tear because; You needed me That stormy night; it did come The one that would be my last I knew it was time, at last To admit the truth I motioned you close and you took my cold hand “I need you”, I uttered as I drew my last breath. You. With your head hung As it always was Looked around at all we built together And knew