Promise Me

You collapse to the ground I hurry to catch you Whispering words of destitution, tiredness, and fatigue You tell me you’re tired Weary to live like this With this illness How it shuts every door Pains to the core Slowly, spitefully, you start to lose yourself I fear that in my every soul Tears of ache run down my sight I yell at you, beg you at you to stop Demand you to discontinue Thrive for that promise of yours Tell me it’ll all be okay Tell me you’ll get better Awe me with your dreams Inspire me with every act of good of yours Every city you wish to route every street of its Every sunset you wish to set eyes on Every night sky, full of bright blazing miracles But you don’t You tell me you can’t And I ask of you to do that But although that Although every worry that ties me Every doubt, every tear, every darkest misery You surrender and leave Leave me there All anxious and terrified Of what comes next What is due to occur And it frightens me Keeps staring at the empty space With thoughts and thoughts Conquering Torturing Consuming We began with nothing And what’s left is nothing But all that we began with