Love Poem: promises
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Written by: John Lawless

promises

Promises
Empty echoes
Of a lover’s 
Short sighted vision

Forever
An unfathomable goal
Enshrined
In the ecstasy
Of Love’s whimsy

Kept
Together
In Loves “castle keep”
Protected
Cherished
Defended

Freed
In tear-soaked agony
Cursing
The brevity
Of forever