Featured in 2015 Spring Issue of Rambunctious
Broken Promises
Madeline Sullivan, '18
You trusted them
They broke it.
You turn around
only to find a knife.
There you go again,
Building those walls.
The walls that took so long
So long to
tear
down.
This time rebuilding
Stronger than before.
It will take twice as long to trust again
Twice as long to be let in.
It's not my fault you can’t get in
I’m sorry I still hurt.
You can go ask the one who did this,
You can ask them
why?
You can ask them why they hurt me
Why they hurt me even after they promised not to.
Because if I knew
I’d let you in.
But maybe you would be another
broken
promise
to me.