Even Without a Crown

I stay when everyone walks away Back against the wall again

I don’t raise flags, I don’t need names But I won’t

abandon my place I’m not moved by borrowed glory Or promises that

won’t return All I know is if it all breaks down I refuse to

be left behind I gave everything I had to give More than I

could ever hold I carried what the others dropped Even when it wasn’t enough

I helped without asking for reward Just another face in the crowd When they count

the ones that matter My name is never called out loud