Broken Promise



Someone made a promise they didn't keep.
My soul is broken, my heart is weak.
My mind is tired of all emotion.
My soul is falling to the ocean.
My heart is weeping but my eyes are dry
 For my eyes can no longer cry.

I am kind to those who are in need of it. But still. No respect for the one that no one cares for.
I am dead within myself.
Help me! Please!
If anyone still has a heart to care.
I need someone, someone to love and care for my soul and heart feel hard and cold.
My eyes feel tired and I am lonely but mostly I am sad, my heart is melting.

About this poem

This poem was written in the 1980s. I had recently been abandoned by my parents and was living with some friends who spoke very little English.

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Written on May 05, 1984

Submitted by Sunwukong68 on August 20, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXAABB XXXXXX
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 542
Words 118
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 6, 6

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