~Protect Me~

I said I’d always protect you. I promised all those years ago. But I can’t keep that promise now. I wish I could, but I just can’t. It isn’t like when we were children any more, my dearest, back home. Now I am spending all my energy just to move, just to force myself to smile at you when I wake, to show you that there is some life still left in me, even though it seems long gone. I wish I had more to give you, my love, but I don’t. I wish I could stand right now and wipe the tears I see falling down your cheek away, but I can’t. I have always been your protector. I have always been able to keep your tears at bay with a simple word or touch. Now it is your turn. You must keep my hopes up now, or else this whole venture will be for naught. I shouldn’t have to ask this of you, but I know you will take on this responsibility as you have every other one, with confidence. If you don’t we will fail. It all rests on you now. And I am sorry for it.

~Finis~