you promised me you would never forget me,
did you forget that too?

i know that we were young and naïve
and our promises were vague
but i assure you, when i said

"i will love you until the end of time"
i spoke with my whole heart
dangling on a line

It's like coffee in a way
You're the reason I get up everyday
With your deep heat and bold flavor
I could drink you in forever

I promise to you to be always by your side in all sweet and sour situation,
I promise to hold your hands and be there in the times of need,
I promise to laugh with you in the time of pleasure,
When you are sad I will comfort you in all measure,
I promise to you that no obstacles will able to break us apart,
I promise to you that no one can able to break our sweet friendship,
I promise you that I will never mistrust you,
I promise you that I will trust you with all my heart,
And promises are never mend to be broken,
But yeah I need the same promises from your side too,
I want you to trust me with your whole heart,
Till now all these are my promises, my oath, my vows that I have spoken,
But now I also need your promises, your oath and your vows too,
And yes promises are never mend to be broken.

Sitting next to me, a ghost
Playing with your phone
I watch as you are scrolling
Through Tinder once again

And I know, I should let you go
In that moment, alone my heart
Whispers how lonely I feel
That I grasp my hands together

To feel some support
I scroll through all your fake promises
Flipping through my brain
Every memory of I love you

You were whispering
In someone else’s DMs
While telling me everything
I wanted to hear

To keep me sitting here, alone
A partner to your ghost
As it stitches your name
Deeper into my heart

Plunging the needle deeper and deeper
Until it grinds against bone
To remind me of this cage I built myself
In this one-way love affair

Every compliment followed with a goodbye
And you take me for granted
Whenever you meet up with her
Making my heart the fool once again

To keep me wanting you here, alone
A hostage to your ghost
As it rips apart my seams
Until my heart screams out your name

I wonder if I spoke a ghost
You would hear me
Over the clattering of keys
And grumbling of your greed

I take for granted your warmth
Tucked into fake promises
You dress everything up
In a few pleasing words

To keep my heart vying, alone
A fool to your ghost
Leaving me to piece myself back together
Slowly sewing each scar with care

I can’t help but wish
I had tattooed your name upon my feet
Then maybe
I could walk away

I leave empty spaces of crowded stillness
In hopes that past promises can sew themselves
into the embroidered stitches
of your wise words
And you speak to me, unbound
A heavy heart in your hand
And I carry it, quietly, searching for its rhythm