What is a promise …?
Promise to
love to be together or promise to serve with pride…
Promise that
stole a heart or a promise that is to save and protect…
Promise to be
together forever or a promise to sacrifice everything forever…
Promise to
hold on when things get difficult or promise to let go when choices are
difficult…
Why do I feel
the pain of every broken promise yet not from the choices?
What is a
promise…?
Promise to
give one’s life protecting faces or promise to come back to face we love…
Promise to be
there for every birthday party or promise to be there for next anniversary…
Promise never
to walk away or promise to hold on…
Promise of
rising sun or promise of dusty roads..
Why do I not
cry on every unanswered question yet on every answer?
What is a
promise…?
Promise to love,
promise wait, promise to smile, promise to share or promise to carry on …
Promise to
sacrifice, promise to honor, promise to camaraderie, promise to an oath or
promise to uniform…
Why do I keep
them close to my heart yet close my heart to these promises?
What is a
promise…?
Promise to
keep up with pride in my every stride…
Promise I made to a man and his uniform,
Promise that
whenever a promise is broken my tears will have pride, my heart will have
courage and my life will be honored…
Promise to
see joy in lives I don’t know, smiles on faces I never met…
Promise for a
smiling face, promise of a warm hug, promise to be back…
I now know
promise is hope, promise is love, promise is being together even when apart,
promise is my wait to see my soldier in uniform…
