He promised that he would be there for me,
that he would never leave me, never go away.
He said that he would never hurt me.
Lies.
He said that he would protect me
from the cruelty of the world.
He crushed my soul into a thousand pieces.
But that was a long time ago.
Now I realise;
he opened my eyes to the world.
He made me stronger.
He made me realise that life isn’t a fairytale,
and that happy endings don’t happen without work.
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Empty Promises
PoetryAnother poem for English! We had to write a poem that could be related to John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men".
