Broken Promises (poem 15)

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A shiver ran down my spine

as your hand brushed mine.

Our fingers later intertwined

as you made a promise.


A promise you couldn't keep.

A lie that you were never going to leave me.

A lie that our love would last forever.


Six months later,

you left me.


Six months later,

you fell in love with someone else

as I continued to love you as much

as I did before.


I guess promises are supposed to be broken,

but I didn't realise ours was.

Maybe you were just full of broken promises.


Broken promises like this.

Broken promises that broke my heart into pieces.

That broke ME into pieces.

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