Promise

The words "I promise" very seldom slip through my teeth.
But when they do, I know it's something I can keep.
Why is it that all humans don't think this way?
Maybe it's because they don't know the true pain or the heartache they bring.

A broken promise is something no one should ever see.
Some people believe promises are the key.
One broken promise soon leads to three.
Then that three soon grows more branches than a tree.

A promise is something we were taught young.
Promises back then were something to which we clung.
A small heartbreak happened when a promise wasn't kept.
But when we are young, we learn to accept it.
As we grow up broken promises , are something we expect.

A promise made is like nothing more than a waste of air.
But a broken promise to me, is something I can not bare.
It makes a tear in my heart that can't be repaired.
I would have never cared so much if it wasn't you who broke every promise you declared.

One after another, like rain drops falling from the dark clouds above.
But eventually they stop, unlike you, you continued to let them drop.

Every promise I hear breaks my heart in two.
One side saying its true.
The other side saying, don't let them do this to you.

"Believe them or not?"
That's the question that continues to repeat in my head like some kind of sick beat.
I want to believe but at the same time I can't handle the pain.
That's why I decide to not believe a word they say.