Promise To Myself

Written after an interesting conversation with a dear friend at about 11 PM last night.

I know we all, will have downfalls

And we'll all live some lies,

Break promises we made to ourselves

Lose track of unsuccessful tries

Love-land is for danger

Like the sky is for the stars

And the Afterlife's for the screaming

Of a thousand broken hearts

 

One shatter leaves an echo

As an empty promise breaks

Splinters like glass, like fragile hearts

It's the sound of a mistake

No more, no more, no more, say I

A promise I'll likely turn from

But I try to walk the path I set

Until days are done...

 

Don't undermine my promise

Though you don't even have to try

I know you'd never hurt me

But I still don't want to cry

I'm so used to broken promises

To drowning in the lies

Of those who came before you,

Who brought tears to my eyes

 

The human heart is an organ,

But not one you can play

If you were to play with someone's heart

They'd surely turn away

Love is full of danger,

Best you mind to wishing stars

Keep your feelings locked within you

To avoid breaking my heart

Author's Note

this was written months ago...sure enough, I broke my self-made promise and ended up getting pretty hurt.
did I learn my lesson?
nooooooooo

Reviews

[Aimee]

Freaking amazing poem.
And that's just an understatement.

The words just...flow, as "Senseless Whatever" said.

"Loveland is for danger
Like the sky is for the stars
And the afterlife's for the screaming
Of a thousand broken hearts"

^_^ My favorite part. It all fits so perfectly together.

In retrospect, I love this poem. It's incredible. [:

[VioletRose]

AWESOMENESS POEM

[Micah_s5]

I liked this one alot. Possibly my favorite out of the ones you've written that I've read.

[Shannon]

wow.....at the moment i am speechless. this piece is an utterly amazing symphony of words that weave a spell over the reader. The meaning stacked behind each stanza's is so clear and loud that you can't possibly miss it. WELL DONE!