You were only fourteen years old We had met two years ago I already wanted to protect you I wanted just once to do something meaningful I thought maybe I had, but I was wrong I've never in my life been able to protect anything Fourteen and we related The deep-seeded truth we both understood You were too small for your age Thin, I warned you already not to allow the darkness to seep too deep I wanted to guide you but what purpose is there in the blind leading the blind I thought we both swore to heal Fifteen, I was under the wrong assumption I thought you were getting better I just wanted you to eat, I know it's not what your used to One thousand men vs the first bite You just wanted me to eat, I really am trying Sixteen, your mother calls me crying I tell her this is what you should do- Have I made any difference at all yet? Your back to where it began, I'm sorry I just wanted you to heal How can it be right to move on without you I never knew God let these problems exist for someone so young I bare my own illness because I know what I deserve What possibly could a child have done Sixteen, there still a life outside of this I'll keep telling you that until you believe me