Termination of a Promise

Friendship

Termination of a Promise

 

I gave you a door that might have opened wide—
a chance, a simple handout of possibility.
Today the hinges squealed, the latch refused,
and suddenly the hinges themselves seemed broken.

 

In the ledger of our brief contract,
the ink has smudged, the clause reads:
Your services are hereby terminated, effective immediately.

 

Words—those blunt, unsharpened stones—
have landed where soft skin once lingered.
They bruise, they sting, they linger like ash
in the hollow of a once‑shared room.

 

I am moving forward, a river that refuses
to be dammed by the rubble of idle chatter.
Childish behavior? That’s a polite veneer—
a curtain drawn over the raw, unvarnished truth.

 

You wear the mask of maturity,
yet your actions echo a playground’s echo,
shouting “I’m grown” while the swing‑set creaks beneath.
The irony is a cold wind that slips through cracked windows.

 

So let this be the final stanza, the closing line:
a farewell not whispered, but stamped in bold,
a reminder that even polite words can be swords—
and that the future belongs to those who wield them wisely.

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  • Tristan Robert Lange

    This resonated deeply. There’s a particular hurt in realizing a promise was never mutual, and you articulate that reckoning without softening it or turning away. Honest and grounding, dearest Friendship. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦‍⬛

  • Soman Ragavan

    Correct. Breakups must be managed. The best way is to start off by looking at the horizon ahead and not at the past. Your words show resolve. "moving forward" and "stamped in bold" : the words show that you are moving on. It is when we cling to the past that we get dragged down.

  • orchidee

    Good write F.

  • Jerry Reynolds

    Good write, Friendship.

  • Thomas W Case

    Powerful work.

  • NafisaSB

    there are many such who use us and move forward remorselessly - good riddance to such fake people/friends..

  • RSM0812

    This write is very well described. It seems to be almost a riddle of emotion and hope. I especially like the last line. We have to be careful before we speak. Words can be powerful. As one should always think before speaking. I thouroughly enjoyed it.



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