Don't Die

It is not for me
To control your life.
I cannot tell you what to do
What to think
Or who to be.
All I can do I hope for you.
I can pray that you will turn to me
In your hour of need.

I can do so little,
and my words might not mean much.
But please,
just listen.
I'll try not to cry
If you promise to hear me.

Please, don't poison youself
with those disgusting things.
I won't lecture you about them
But it pains me to think
that you would take a single puff.

I cannot tell you what to do,
I cannot pretend that it's my job.
It's your choice
if you want to smoke those cigarettes,
do those drugs,
and get drunk every night.

But I hope you realize
That every time I think you are
Thousands of tears escape my closed eyes.
I know you wont stop,
I know you like it,
it makes you feel good doesn't it?

So all I can do
Is pray for you.

Pray, that I wont see you
on the front page of the paper
And have to know
that I could have tried harder.

Pray, that I wont go to your funeral
Before I graduate.
Pray, that my tears will show you
how scared I am for you.

If you only do one thing for me
In my entire life
Please let it be this;
Don't die.