Promise You The Journey Poem by Yekaterina Bezpalaya

Swallow me.
Be done with me.
Cry for me those deceitful tears.
Plague me relentlessly and
Watch over my shoulders as I gasp for breathe.

I'm joining tomorrow,
Should I walk from today.
Yesterday had it's way with me,
But I will keep fear at bay.

Weaker than I allow to see
Yet stronger than most would guess
Life won't get the chance to sway with me
No matter how I may digress.

Taunting in your whispers
While cheering in your call,
I won't be that fickle fool,
To leap without sight of where I'll fall.

May death link arms with me early,
Nay be I the one to retreat in my skin,
May be it fear, regret or the worry,
I'll fulfill my duty fair and with honest sin.

Overwhelm me.
Abandon me.
Hiss at me as you please.
Unleash your fury without mercy and
Glower as I lift my head to say,

'Promise you,
I shall not run.'