Did Unto Others

I always tried to do unto others

What I wish had been done for me

I didn't feel loved

So I loved with my whole heart

I didn't get a helping hand

So I kept mine outstretched and my arms apart

I didn't ever feel safe

So I made it my duty to protect and be a haven

I gave, I gave, I gave

Every part of me that I could

I gave my skin and bones

My heart and soul

The dirt under my nails

The blood in my arteries

I gave as much as I could of all

The air in my lungs were the last of which I yielded a piece

When the sun had finally set and I couldn't believe the rotations of the timepiece

I found it's value only to me was inherent

I gave all I could but to the ones I thought I could make joyful

I found a disappointment, a growing resentment, something that made them disloyal

As I began to think I had provided all of me I could

My brain turned to stone, as I found my mind was stolen, just one more thing took

I tried all I could to do unto others

What I wished would be done for me

Yet now I return to who I was before

Minus another missing piece.