Beast of Burden

Obedient, like any beast of burden
that's trained to carry water up the hill.
Ambivalent, equivocal, uncertain,
and lacking all initiative and will.

No, that's not you? You style yourself a rebel.
Important, of some consequence, at least,
when you are hardly more than just a pebble,
unworthy of a cease or a desist.

An insect, inconvenient when splattered --
a dirty windshield, not much of a chore --
Would someone notice? Have you ever mattered?
Here, wipe your tears and don't be such a bore.

What's harder than irrelevance? To wit,
what's worse than if you matter not a bit?