Array ( [sid] => 185040 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => A Promise [time] => 2018-04-15 22:08:48 [hometext] => My first poem, one about broken promises. [bodytext] => Once I told my friends through broken words what I was going to do, a promise I should never have made.
It fell through my lips before I had the time to think about what I was doing.
I spent all night trying to hold it closed between my fingers.
But it fell through my hands. I couldn/'/t keep it.
The next day I brought my friends the promise, shattered into pieces.
My friends in return brought me their hearts, shattered into pieces.
They were counting on me to keep my promise.
I was counting on them to keep me from making one.
In the end, neither of us came through.
I had broken them, just as they had broken me. [comments] => 3 [counter] => 58 [topic] => 31 [informant] => milky [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => StoryPoetry ) Your Poetry Dot Com - A Promise


A Promise
Date: Sunday, 15th April 2018 @ 10:08:48 PM AEST
Topic: Sad Poetry

Contributed By: milky
Once I told my friends through broken words what I was going to do, a promise I should never have made.
It fell through my lips before I had the time to think about what I was doing.
I spent all night trying to hold it closed between my fingers.
But it fell through my hands. I couldn/'/t keep it.
The next day I brought my friends the promise, shattered into pieces.
My friends in return brought me their hearts, shattered into pieces.
They were counting on me to keep my promise.
I was counting on them to keep me from making one.
In the end, neither of us came through.
I had broken them, just as they had broken me.

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