Dignified (Pain and fears)

Dignified

How do you remain dignified when what you want is beyond is beyond your reach?
No matter what you do, it just slips further and further beyond your reach
The pain building inside like a strangled scream for help that will never be heard

When one step forward is achieved, you feel like you are forced to take back two
The frustration is so real but you do not know what to do about it
A desire so strong that it is like a burning heat deep down inside

It all becomes so much that you cannot take it anymore
The pain and fears of old make you throw up those walls to protect yourself
An effort to remain dignified for both their sake and your own