Step Ladder

I help achieve great heights,

explore out of reach places,

and facilitate the ability

for you to look down on others

from a towering vista,

but now I've been abandoned,

propped against the tool shed,

left out in the harsh winter

snow and sleeting rain.

You promised you'd use me

to decorate the rim of your roof

with colorful lights

and Christmas accessories,

but I've been sitting here

bending and blistering

in the freezing temps,

waiting for you to overcome

your sorrow of spending

another holiday alone.