I Promise You

I promise you I care

This I know for sure.

I promise you I’m here

Just maybe not to stay.

I promise you I’m fine

Just in my own way.

I promise you I’m trying

I swear I always have been.

I promise you I’m hanging on

If by just a thread.

I promise you I’m sorry

For all the pain I’ve caused.

I promise you I’ll still be here

I’ll still be here tomorrow.

I promise you I’m fighting hard

Trying to win the war.

I promise you I know

How badly it would hurt.

I promise you I love you

That will never change.

Posted in response to the challenge PAST CONTESTS – Teenager: In Writing.

A picture of a stuffed animal hedgehog in a super hero mask and cape.

Fainting Goat

UT

15 years old

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