AN: You know those shows or books where there's this one sweet, innocent character who is completely incapable of protecting themselves? The damsel-in-distress type that everyone risks-and sometimes gives-their life to keep safe? Well, whenever I read a story like that, I can't help but wonder if those people feel guilty. To be fair, if I was in one of those action/adventure stories I'd probably be totally useless too, but I would feel really, really bad about it. I like to think that all the swooning princesses feel really bad too, and that their inner angst goes something like this:
The Protected
My teardrops set the world on FIRE
I screamed and I cried and the flames leapt HIGHER
And I ran but couldn't escape the SHAME
As I searched far and wide for someone to BLAME
I fell to my knees while they fell to the ground
My lips moved but made no sound
Their hands grasped hilts but mine could only shake
As the wind whisked my words away
My teardrops drenched the world in BLOOD
As they fought and they did in the name of LOVE
And I was saved that fateful day
When my tears set the world ABLAZE
AN: Whenever I post a poem, I type it in stanzas, but refuses to display it that way. I am completely incompetent when it comes to technology, so if any of you know what I'm doing wrong please tell me! Also, all capitalization was intentional.