'Dependence' - WordPromptChallenge

You've been as good,

And solid and true

As any white cane could be-

But this treacherous heart

That beats within

Won't stop asking me for color

I wish you'd believe

There's nothing I wouldn't do

To shut out that voice

That screams to me

To stop what I am doing-

And to set myself out free

I try to argue

That it's thanks to you

I can step on solid ground;

That it can't be denied

With you in hand

I feel so very safe

I know that it technically isn't so-

Or that it shouldn't be, either way

But even if people say that I have

Become dependent on you;

I do not mind, I truly don't-

That's not why I'm saying goodbye

Indeed if the truth were to be told

I am so very afraid

It's been so long

That I stood on my own-

I don't know that I

Know how to do it anymore

Still. Even if I could

Quench that thirst

To see the light

And experience color,

There is one query

I cannot silence.

I have no words

For when she asks

Why I keep

My eyes shut tight-

When I know it's true,

As you do too-

I am not really blind.

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