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He promised me the moon and stars All the love I could ever hope to know He knew the way to reach into my heart With a oath that he would always be there I was filled with joy to know he loved me Without a doubt, he was the one I needed I wasn’t satisfied until I was married to him And certain that he was coming home to me He declared his love like it was engraved in stone There was no need for worry or insecurity I was loved like I’d only dreamed of, eternally With him, I knew that our love was unconditional I yearned to be with him every moment of the day When he was away, I only wished he was with me I learned to cope with his absences as they came Slowly one hour turned to one day then even longer He taught me that love meant letting go of your beloved To allow them to go wherever they might need to Soon, he was traveling so far I couldn’t really keep up And I wasn’t with him for long, not nearly enough I wanted to spend more time together, to share our hearts Yet, I couldn’t seem to plead sufficiently to have him Be with me as much as I had hoped, dreamed or thought When I became the wife of the man who assured me of love He gradually pulled away from our relationship and left me To wonder what I’d done to cause him to go, let go of us There were days when I groveled in sorrow and self-pity But most often I simply wandered what I did to make him leave I longed to be someone who he would find attractive and lovable But it seemed that I had lost him to who knew who or what I gave him my heart and he promised to always love me totally However, I learned from experience that his promise was false A promise of love should be eternal, yet sometimes, it is transient The Promise Poetry Contest Sponsored by Silent One May 30, 2020
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