I sit next to you yet you do not see me.
I speak to you yet you do not hear me.
I bleed before you yet you do not help me.
I cry to you yet you ignore me.
I am human. I am here. I am your son.
Hear me. See me. Help me.
Please.

As defeat hits me.
I remain standing.
As rejection chokes me.
I remain standing.
As anger blinds me.
I remain standing
As humiliation suffocates me.
I remain standing.
As pain makes me an amputee.
I remain standing.