poems - promises

Promises

like paperweights

on your desk.

Securing your dreams

so that they can't fly away

when a strong breeze enters

through the open window.

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because you believe you'd suffocate without it.

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Promises

on display,

made of silver and gold

and similar trinkets.

You show off

your promises

through a ring upon your finger.

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Promises

fill your pockets like stones

to weigh you down,

like dead weight

that you cannot drop

because you can't leave your loved ones

to pick up your slack.

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Promises

like daisy-flowers;

plentiful, pretty,

ignored, short-lived.

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Promises

that you cannot keep.374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIAIPxazFQl

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I know you wish

you didn't promise

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