It’s much easier to say no promises unless it’s to yourself

When someone makes you promise it’s hard, sure, and even scary

Not knowing if you can do it or what it will be

But when you see their face as it twists and lowers, compressed and moulded, you never want to miss a promise again

But to yourself, no guilt to yourself,

Till it’s too late, and the promise is broken.

It was broken ages ago and you knew it

When you started making excuses not to do what you knew you had to do

I know if I didn’t I would feel, worthless and talentless 

But the moment is more important than the future and you can’t plan out a promise 

What you need to do, the face you hate to see, you can feel it twisting in your gut

Unless you do that promise to yourself.