Listening Poem by Dequan Nicholas

Supposedly im the one to trust
A safe keeper of dust
People tell me what they wish would rust
Instead of what they care for much
All those demons that people fear
Fall easily on my ear
Instead of what they hold dear
Not a laugh but closer to a tear
to get closer to me people sink lower
Instead of higher
its easy to give up a dream
Its harder to understand what a dream really means
Its harder to share about things you care
Than about what your ashamed to bear
And im the one with eyes on the ground
Wishing these voices had a proud sound
Talking straight not around
Something they feel is profound
Wishing these things with my eyes on the ground
Knowing its not good how I feel
How easily these secrets people fear
Fall easily on my ear