Burden Some

Everyone is carrying some of

Everybody else’s burden

Making metaphorical socialism

The new norm by which

The collective is weakened

Unscalable emotional weight

Determined by puffy projections

Feeding narcissistic egos

Believing “their” help is best




Yet, the forgotten lesson of

The caterpillar transforming

Into a beautiful butterfly is an

Unintentional murder-suicide

Albeit with the best intentions




One might stumble across a

Chrysalis with a creature inside

Struggling to make it outside

The unknowing ego thinks

That it can perhaps help

So it pries open the cocoon

Partly because on the ego level

He or she hates their own struggles



Only to have the butterfly weakened

To an unfulfilled shorter life

That is the murder part

The suicide part is by “helping”

It brings on an internal demise

Knowing that their alleged help

Did more harm than good



All of the mental regrets

Plus, woulda, shoulda, coulda’s

Will not change the outcomes

Of a misdirected unconscious

Desire in wishing to receive

The help allegedly administered

Free, but imprisoned by all the

Woulda, shoulda, coulda’s



It is a catch-22 for sure

If someone is too proud or

Doesn’t know to ask for help

Is one helping by helping

Or carrying a burden

That burdens everyone




“Just an observation,
Maybe I need
Different glasses.”

– Angelo Devlin