Pedestal

I lift you up

To a place you do not deserve

To a place

Higher than you can climb

I raise you above the highest clouds

Past the horizon and moon

Further than the planets and comets

And beyond comprehension of the stars

You warn me

That you shouldn’t be there

That you can’t stay there

That you’re worried you can’t come back

And I smile and nod

Pretending to understand

All the while placing you

Higher and higher

You claim it isn’t fair

What I’m doing to you

And maybe you’re right but,

I can’t help myself

See, I didn’t place you on high

For you

I did it

For me

To believe in something greater

To gaze at something better

Something worth aspiring to

Even if I had to make it up

Using the closest thing I could find

So can’t you just be flattered

And wave once in a while?

I mean, it’s so hard to see you

So high up upon that pedestal