Never Bid A Promise You Can’t Keep Poem by hajara abdul khader

I see the passion in your eyes,
For they flash with fervor.
But tell me what marked them,
Is it dream or reality?
I feel the promise in your words,
For they rush out with force.
But tell me what marked them,
Is it dream or reality?

Wishes build up our dreams
And we think they are life;
But life has other plans for us
No matter how hard we object.

Now tell me,
Do your eyes still flash?
Do your words still rush out?
What mark them now,
Is it dream or reality?
Do your eyes still see passion?
Do your words still feel promise?
What mark them now,
Is it dream or reality?

Youth draws in on hopes
And let us believe in them;
But life is headstrong against fantasies
Even if we make them seem true.

World knows fully life’s opposites;
However we dream together of a fairyland
Till they shatter and we are left with their wrecks;
But your eyes and words still flatter me
And put me into a trapping trance.

Life is one and dreams are many;
Intuition warns you against silly foibles;
But instinct is far beyond your inner voice;
Still conscience is sure to prick you later;
So never bid a promise you can’t keep.

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