You are my foundation;
As you crumble, I fall.

I see you bent and dying.
I see you weak and alone.
I try to reach out, to protect you,
in a sallowing hope that
this battle can be won,
together.

Grasping at retreats, I am tired.
I escape, rejuvenate, but
am drawn back in, returning to
the fate to which I am
forever committed.

These walls bind and blind me;
I cannot see a future or path
from within them;
I must leave, but cannot.

I am nothing without my foundation.
As you crumble, I fall.

Why did you allow
this festering sore
this malfeasant practice,
this self-destruction of heart and mind
to grow and grow?

Why did I?

You destroy yourself.
But you are my foundation:
As you crumble, I fall.

Only the emptiness we face together,
can overcome that we face alone.
Only the support we give each other
can bridge the empty chasm before us;

Only you are my foundation
As you rebuild yourself,
I stand tall.