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The truth only hurts when it should. still needs work/ I  will get around to it- I promise!

Broken Promises

Broken Promises



They say that a promise is
A comfort to a fool.

To a child a broken
promise is the biggest
disappointment they

will ever experience so
do not make promises to them
that you don't intend to keep.

To a lover a broken promise
is a trust gone astray!

To a mother from a child-
its many nights without sleep.

From a nation to its people-
Another Political trick.

To a soldier longing for home
It's his life being spent.

But that promise
you made between
yourself and your creator -

Seems be the
hardest one to keep.

When promises made too self are
broken you've dug a hole too deep.

Those are the worse of days-
You have tuned God's channels out
.
You think that you are in control-
And soon realize you're not.

Yet, promises made daily ‘’to self’’
are USUALLY FIRST- then -quickly forgotten.

THESE Are the only promises
that could have saved your life.

If only your promises to self
you were determined to keep.

 Maybe THEN I WOULD TRUST 
THE PROMISES MADE TO ME.

Please do not comfort me
with your empty words,

When it's only your
self you want to serve.

Why, make a fool
of me, yourself-
and everyone else?

PLEDGING obligations that
you cannot meet.

You had no intentions of
pleasing anyone but yourself.

Another broken promise -
You never got around to.

Another poem written-
in shades of blue.

Another night without sleep.
Another promise, you failed to keep.

Copyright © Vicki Acquah | Year Posted 2013
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013


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Date: 12/12/2015 9:31:00 PM
Hi Vicki, I am SO glad you posted a blog, otherwise I may have missed pearls such as this one. I've only been on this site for two months so I have lots of reading to do and I'll be busy many of your writes. Thank you for sharing your talent. ~ Lin ~
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Date: 10/19/2013 7:59:00 PM
Vicki, I enjoyed reading broken promises. Makes great sense! (:v Jenish.
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Date: 10/19/2013 7:14:00 PM
Very thought provoking and well expressed. I appreciate your writing style.
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Date: 10/17/2013 6:04:00 AM
Nice write on trust and promises, inspiring one, Vicki
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