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I Promise
by Patrick A Granfors
Sunday, October 11, 2009
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Just be careful.


I Promise

Two little words

So simple

So impossibly complex

Do you really mean

I promise

Or are you saying

OK

Just go away and leave me alone

And I’ll do as you ask

I promise

Or perhaps

I will follow you to the ends of the earth

A commitment of personal character

Or of love

Or both

Or neither

I promise

Even though it is Impossible

Or merely improbable

I promise

Simple words

So abused

Spoken daily

 

 

Copyright 2009 Patrick Granfors

 

 




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Reviewed by Liana Margiva 10/15/2009
BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Liana Margiva
Reviewed by Kate Burnside 10/13/2009
... words I can never say lightly, being the over-cautious type! I find that they bring a weight of responsibility with them which is as damaging to self as to the "other party" if they are breached. A very provoking subject which is powerful in itself as well as in the way in which you deal with it. Thank you, Kate xx
Reviewed by Annabel Sheila 10/13/2009
So true! It's a phrase we use much to flippantly!

Anna
Reviewed by Lori Moore 10/12/2009
Exactly.
Reviewed by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado 10/12/2009
Excellent!

(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in Tx., Karen Lynn. :D
Reviewed by Georg Mateos 10/12/2009
I promise...but never granted.

Georg

Reviewed by E T Waldron 10/11/2009
Words that should never be said unless they can be kept!
Excellent poem, Patrick!
Reviewed by Peter Schlosser 10/11/2009
So very true Patrick. I've said this so many times...and truly meant it. Only to dash the hopes of those I'd spoken to. Well done!
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