Broken Promises Poem by Chelsea Baird

You made me trust
You made me believe
That you would always be there for me
You made your first promise
Just friends we would be
And then all of a sudden
I hit 14
My life fell apart
I had little hope
But you stayed beside me
You helped me cope
You held the tissues
You made the jokes
The longer you stayed
The more it seemed
That good things could happen to me
So I opened the doors
To my darkened past
I told you my stories
Thinking our friendship would last
I told you my stories
Thinking maybe
Maybe you’re the one that could fix me
Fill the gaps
Those missing years
That you would help soothe my greatest fears
I showed you my stories
My few memories
You held me tight you made things feel right
I was in blackness and you were my light
And this is when I knew that somehow I had fallen for you
That night you broke your first promise
We were no longer just friends
And how I wish that had been the end