Empty Promises
Your promises hold no meaning
Like old, brittle plastic they fall apart easily
I held onto them once, long ago
But now they have become nothing
Dead and meaningless
The words reverberating through my head
I want so desperately to hold onto the belief-the hope-that you’ll hold true
But you never do
And like a fool, I never make you
I never hold you to your word
But I do not believe it anymore
Your promises mean nothing
Your promises contain nothing
They do not come like a promise should
They do not hold, the fall and break, like abandoned buildings
Left without the care they so desperately need
Left, alone, to be forgot
Left, to rot
Your promises…are not promises
Because you just forget
You always forget
But I never do
I hold on to each and every one
With a false, dying hope, that maybe…you’ll remember
Just one, remember just one
It’s all I’d need to restore my belief in you
But you continue to make dead promises
Never holding up to what you say
Never
Never
All I ever get are empty promises
Copyright © Rebecca Larkin | Year Posted 2012
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