My Promise Poem by Gayathri Sukumaran

I made a promise, I know I did
A promise, I thought quite easy to keep
But after the countless goodbyes I bid
I think I know I never thought deep

How could I have known what I just did
Was starting anew what I could never fulfill
And while we were falling apart, I cried like a kid
A moment when I feared my heart would go still

This, I think you should know
When I give up all hope and my mind goes down
What lifts me up and helps me know
It’s that thought of my promise that removes my frown

For my broken promise I still shed tears
Though a promise which I never said out loud
It’s what helps me kill my fears
A promise, which, to keep I’d have loved

A promise to stay, a promise to be there
And I promise to keep that promise, someday…