promises

[plural]

those particularly strange things
we often make them without much consideration

in love
promises are vocalizations
of our hopes and our dreams

even more so the dreams and hopes
we wish to share with that specific person

such promises when made lighten our hearts
unburden our souls with a sense of relief
of joy

maybe just this once
you have that love problem
handled
fixed
covered
maybe
oh maybe
just this once
you wont have to worry about that love thing
anymore

but those same promises
that we made to ourselves
to our lovers
weigh so heavily on our soul when broken

maybe it is different for some
maybe there is a flaw in my indifference gene
as I am unable to stop loving anyone

those women in my life
whom I have been lucky enough to love
truly madly deeply
I still love
only now that love
is tainted with bittersweet memory
a sad longing for that which could have been
for that promise which I didn't keep

alone now
in a house made of glass
hit with one too many stones
looking at my reflection
in the shattered mirrors
made from those broken promises
scattered around me
and
I do not like what I see

Comments

promises & shards

[oshnsun.livejournal.com]

Weird thing, a few days ago I had placed a glass too close to my convection oven while cooking. Needless to say it shattered and I thought I cleaned up all the glass. Just now I poured myself a glass of water and stepped on a healthy sized sliver of glass I apparently missed. I hobbled over to my computer, tweezers in hand and sat down, just as I began reading this. ::sigh::

I like this, it's good.

[zaiah.livejournal.com]

He's back?

The phantom in the glass
and the shadow in the drink.. Haunted man.

[xelyn23.livejournal.com]

beautiful.

i've missed your posts...

[girl-on-a-stick.livejournal.com]

so very good

[againsthestream.livejournal.com]

beautiful.