Hollow Promises Poem by Don Subba

Hollow promises on your tongue
Sweet words rot before they're sung
Double speak in a polished suit
Smile so sharp, but the roots are loose
Unholy alliance, handshake deal
Broken glass where the good should heal

Abnormal life, we learned the script
Treachery dressed in a silver grip
All right principles in a locked-up room
Every honest light gets swallowed soon

Hollow promises, hollow promises
You leave us all with this
No happiness, no happiness
Just a fistful of emptiness
Hollow promises, hollow promises
Say it plain, say it true
All sufferings, all sufferings
Come home when we trust in you

No support when the floor caves in
No relation when the blame rolls thin
Your clean hands hide a dirty start
A severed vow and a starving heart
Deception moves like a practiced friend
Treachery waits at the table's end

Abnormal life, we learned the script
Treachery dressed in a silver grip
All right principles in a locked-up room
Every honest light gets swallowed soon

Hollow promises, hollow promises
You leave us all with this
No happiness, no happiness
Just a fistful of emptiness
Hollow promises, hollow promises
Say it plain, say it true
All sufferings, all sufferings
Come home when we trust in you

I saw the crack inside the grin
A tragic end where the truth got thin
No support, no road back now
Just a fallen name and a lowered brow

Hollow promises, hollow promises
You leave us all with this
No happiness, no happiness
Just a fistful of emptiness
Hollow promises, hollow promises
Burn the lie, break through
All sufferings, all sufferings
A tragic end was waiting too