Promises Are Lies Poem by RoseAnn V. Shawiak

Devastating and bereft, being left in the abandonment
of extreme loss.

Always holding onto tears of my existence, hoping to
find a way to see a semblance of life, something that
I used to have a long time ago.

Love given and taken away, losing hope, despising all
promises because they are just lies, spouted by deceit-
ful people.

Forfeiting properties others purport to give freely,
knowing they will always be given at exorbitant costs
or exacting it from beings with no compassion or mercy.