Broken Promises

Don’t say the words of the broken promises,

for they are all a lie that sinks deep into the

heart. Pulling us down, like a thick vine that

wraps around our bodies and cuts off the

oxygen that sustains the need for

breathing.

So in that case, maybe we shouldn’t say

anything at all. For the words that come out

seem to be drenched in poison. They are

unbelievable and turn into nothing that we

can hold onto, or even keep safe.

Broken promises are words that are unreachable,

 as if they were put on the highest shelf; hidden

until you step back to the farthest corner of the

room, do they finally appear.

If you had the chance, you wouldn’t touch it

because the promises are just an illusion that don’t

exist, except for in your mind.  Unsaid. Unfinished.

For what you promised, was only broken.