a promise enlisted
i gave you my promise
and you ran with it
all the way across the country
where you boarded a ship
destination i don’t know
you tried saving the planet
with my promise
attached to you at all times
like it was part of the dog tags
hanging from your neck
by the time they shipped you
back to the states
the promise had expired
lost to the heavens
awaiting for me there
september two thousand twelve
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I’m so sad for what you have lost..
I think we’ve all lost….
That is very true, but I feel less alone in it than I used to