Saving You

I wanted so badly to believe
That you could be saved.
That maybe I
Could be the who saved you.
I tried so hard to believe you
When you promised
You weren’t addicted,
But I wanted to mean enough
I wanted you to understand,
That you needed to prove it
So that I would have no doubts.
I didn’t want to believe
That you were lying,
Going behind my back, despite
Everything you knew.
I wanted so badly to save you
The way my mom couldn’t save
My dad.
But like my mom I learned,
You can’t save someone
Who doesn’t want to save themselves.