"Why?"

Promises, promises, promises. Life is full of promises. Most of them are
unkept.
Just the other day I promised one the wounded he'd be ok. An hour later he
was dead.
Trapper promised he'd never leave me there alone. We'd be together untill
the end. A month later he was gone.
Henry Blake was going to go home. he promised his family he'd be back.
He never made it back.
Promises don't do any good. Promises are evil.
Making a promise is almost saying you know it won't happen. Something'll
come in between and ruin it. Something will happen to change the promise,
to make it impossible to keep.
That's why one shouldn't make promises with people they care about. If I
hadn't promised that corporal he'd be ok, then maybe, he wouldn't've died.
And if Trapper hadn't promised he'd never leave me then maybe he
wouldn't have. And if Henry never had promised his family he'd be back,
then maybe, he would've been back. And then he could've walked in his
house shouting "surprise". But, because of those damn promises, that can't
happen.
So why did I promise BJ we'd be together forever? Why did I promis BJ I'd
never leave him? Why did I kiss him and promise everything'd be ok?
Why?