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[Title]
Is it the weight of the title?
Or is it the weight of the responsibility?
I tried it for fun,
Ended in tears
I'm not good at this,
Yet I find a solution
I don’t know anything,
I do have answers
Is it supposed to be this hard?
No one told me anything,
I know everything
Do you hate me now?
I'm sorry I didn’t mean to
Its my duty,
I'm supposed to share
I thought "I'll have help"
No one is here just me
Leave first? " Can you stay a little longer?"
Me time? "But we need you here"
"Ask them they know everything"
Responsibility calls
I don’t want to answer
Its not just me here
But if not me, who?
They, they're no help
They, who have fun while I drown
They
They who are supposed to share,
The burden of the responsibility
"Who else but
You"
The burden of leadership is hard for anyone and even more as a teen. My experince being a leader (drum major) in band was difficult even more so when I took on more responsibility then I wanted and even more so when I was supposed to have help from others but I didn't. This piece it to anyone who feels the burden of being a leader and the frustration of knowing you should have help and support but don't have it.