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Broken Promises

July 30, 2019
By Coker2723 BRONZE, Fouke, Arkansas
Coker2723 BRONZE, Fouke, Arkansas
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The pills hidden in my dresser beckon me, but I promised I wouldnt give in. I'm not sure why I'm keeping this promise when everyone else breaks theirs. 

Today i stare at a picture of my dead mother. Why couldn't she have kept her promise? What she did wasn't fair. She was the center of my universe. Now, the pills pull me to them, the force stronger than before. 

I twist the lid and shimmy two, then three, then four pills into my hand. Placing the lid back on, I hear shuffling in the hallway. I frantically throw them into the back of my throat and swallow. 

Warmth floods my body as I stand behind my family watching television. I look at each of them in turn, then I'm on the floo . No more pain. No more heartache. No more broken promises. 


The author's comments:

Broken promises is a reference to the promise my mother made me just before she died. Times get hard, then they get harder. Dont hold it against them like I did her. 


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