I promise

I promise, from my heart to yours, to love you…

But I don't promise.

I promise the daylight will never end in your eyes

and that when the eclipse darkens your soul,

I will be the star that will shine

so you don't feel like you're levitating.

But I don't promise.

I promise to protect you from the demons on the street

and your insecure mind.

But I don't promise.

I promise, for your life, to hold your hand,

so that you never face loneliness.

I promise to be the story read in childhood,

with letters and words, interpretations too.

But I don't promise.

I promise not to fail you in life's difficulties,

so that she can see that, without you,

everything falls apart into chaos.

But I don't promise.

I promise to remember your lips,

your perfect features,

the dazzled look

for forgetting the truth

of your promise.

I don't promise.

I promise no more.

I don't promise to promise.

But I promise.

Vanessa Lamounier Soares