My Promise Poem by Praveen Kumar in Celestial Glow

My Promise

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No more I take this liberty,
I promised you;
It was a one time exception,
I confessed, to bring you smile;
And I adhered to what I said,
And brought curtain down
With bleeding soul.

Truth was different why I did,
Truth was hidden from what I said,
For lie serves nobler sometimes
While truth burns harder than sun;
You closed all holes
On what depended my soul,
And I found no way out
But for the exception I invented;
Forced to adhere to what I said,
I brought curtain down
With bleeding soul.

How could I blame you,
While you love me with all you have?
How could I tell you,
You closed doors one after other
Till no holes open to creep in?
Yet I know in all my soul,
Nothing make you bloom
But me, my presence, my talk,
Nothing make you smile
But my nearness;
You knew the truth as I did,
But lie alone was open for us;
You knew, I was helpless,
You knew, I couldn't make a move,
Yet you wanted me somehow,
While willing me not ever
To serve my longer interests.

I knew, you're shattered,
While what you willed met its need;
I padded my acts
With solemn promises
Of simply yours forever,
Of unaffected oneness;
Lubricants do smoothen
But not the wound of souls.

I'm in severe conundrum,
Should I or shouldn't I
Beyond my means;
I know your pains that I can't bear,
I know your will to keep me out;
Where should I stand?
Already blighted for my sake,
Can I drag to arid patch
A live breathing flower?
No, whatever are our pains.

No solace to you or me
Either here or there;
It's all degree of shades
Of pains we can bear;
I reinforce the promise,
No more I take liberty,
This time for real,
Beyond my means
In spite of subtle urge within.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Anil Kumar Panda 19 June 2017

Very nice. Emotionally powerful write. Liked it.

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