Silent Prayer and Perfect

Silent Prayer
My voice is not low toned
So they couldn't not hear me
I'm not saying something boring
I'm sure it's not for me
They talk and I listen
And I listen
And I listen

I am their well
They dig and hide their troubles within me
What they don't realise
Is that I have no bricks or walls
No stones or mud
But flesh and blood
And it hurts
And I listen
And they talk

When it's my turn they interrupt
They ridicule my thoughts
So that anything of importance to me
Fades away
And the well, brimming with water floods
Within me
And suddenly I can't bear it
So I nourish their fields
Quench their thirst
And listen quietly as they talk

Am I content listening to other people's troubles
Realising that they aren't interested in mine
Wouldn't give a damn why I'm down
Wouldn't ask why I'm upset
Would remain happy when I say I'm simply depressed
They wait for my phase to fade
So that they can talk and complain
And though fed up
I listen once again

And when I try to contribute
To the one ended conversations
They pretend they cannot hear
A single word I say
But then I think, that's ok
Cos maybe they don't

And when I try to give advice
They tell me oh that's really nice
But it's not the way I am
And I'll have to give it a second thought

I can not turn my back
Ignore.
I'm questioned continously for a reaction
For support
I am their backbone

What they do not realise is that I'm a hunchback
I'm crippled,
I'm dying
I'm drowning in my own well
And all they are doing is
Filling pails of their sees
And throwing them into mine

But it's overflowing
It'll flood soon
It's a river and it's growing
And they're pushing it to
Without them really knowing.

Perfect
You are perfect
Never wrong
You know everything
All along
And I'm the stupid dumb one

Critisise me all the time
Don't hear me explain my crime
Even then I'd still be wrong
Cos you're the right one all along

I'm not asking for your opinion
All I'm asking is to be heard
I don't want you to critisise me
I don't want to hear a single word

Give me space to express my feelings
I have done no major crime
And try to get away from thinking
That you're the right one all the time.