Umbrella

If umbrella could be a verb,

I would umbrella you.

I would protect you from the sun,

Cover you in the rain

I would be protection

and keep out all the pain. 

But that would not be worthy

of such a soul as yours,

who loves to get all muddy,

who loves to get outdoors.

You love the wind, love the rain,

the summer sun is your best friend.

I would be abandoned 

in the closet by the door.

left at  Value Village or

some other seconds store,

You would have no use for me,

this useless metaphor