A Promise

I want you to make me a promise

And I know it will be hard.

No one says it will be easy,

Nothing good ever is.

I want you to make me a promise

I know you may resist.

But I promise it's for your own good

You'll be proud of yourself in the end.

I want you to make me a promise

And I know I don't understand.

But I want to make you better

Anyway I can.

I want you to make me a promise

Not to hurt yourself anymore.

It pains me inside

To see what it puts you through and how it makes you feel.

I want you to make me a promise

And I know that what you do relieves the pain.

But how long until this deadly gamble

Abruptly ends the game?

I asked you to make me a promise...

I'm...

I'm sorry you couldn't keep it...

Part of me thought you would.

You reassured me completely

and I only wish you had...