Promises I Keep Poem by Dakota Hecht

i made promises
that im trying to keep

you ask me to try
and you say
you know i can do it

but all i feel as if i cant
but i hear those words
and i keep trying

as i falter
you have picked me up
others have also

but now youre gone
but for some reason
youre not really gone

its like youre still here
telling me i can do it
so i keep trying

and faltering
youre not here to see it
but yet i still know

you see whats happening
and you know i can make it
even thou i feel

as if i cant make it
for these promises
i made to you

i struggle to keep
as i falter

all i can do is try

for i made these promises to you for a reason
even thou youre not here
i know i must keep them
so thank you for being there