Promises

As simple words raise in me,

With caressing hands in sympathy,

In the darkness, I'll be your light.

In your weakness, I'll be your fight.

All I seem to say and feel,

Are hollow nothings that'll guide your way.

Give you the hope that I will remain,

Always and forever.

Time squashed so thickly,

I begin to suffocate,

On promises and apologies,

Building that wall up higher, 

The one that has defended me for years.

Through desperation, I claw for someone

I burn with terror of being alone,

With the walls breaking in on me,

With the world slowly engulfing me,

With every fear of never being,

I find nothing in the dark.

Helpless and vulnerable,

I sit with my arms hugging my legs close,

Cheeks dampened, head hung low,

Words of insanity creeping close,

I've promised you my all, but my all is destroyed.