Posted by Renee.
Apr
9
Posted by Renee.
Promises Kept
When you promised me your heart,
You didn’t promise your soul.
When you promised your devotion,
You didn’t promise that we’d be joined at the hip.
When you promised to be faithful,
You didn’t promise to become a slave to my insecurity.
When you promised to love me,
You didn’t promise to consume me.
When you promised to trust me,
You didn’t promise to be indifferent.
When you promised to honor me,
You didn’t promise pedestals from which I could easily fall.
You promised a sweet, tender love that seemed so foreign to me,
So unworthy of me that I didn’t even realize
That what you really promised was a chance for me to learn to love
m-y-s-e-l-f more.
Copyright 2006 Renee King All Rights Reserved
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Apr 20, 2010 @ 12:45 pm
Awww….thanks! glad you liked it! It was definitely a period of growth for me.
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I've lived most of my life as an introvert and while that may not be the case anymore, I have always been able to express myself best via the written word. My creative writing blogging career began on http://opensalon.com under the name "onecorgilover". I have since decided to strike out on my own and I've taken my previous articles with me, some of which are very intimate and personal to me. I hope that you stay awhile to enjoy my work. Feel free to share your thoughts on everything that I have expressed an opinion on. Welcome!
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Nice poem, Renee! I love it!