A promise

A wish

A death

In the darkness

Promises,

Like hearts,

Are meant to be broken

So tear me open

Rage against me

A deathly black ocean

But first…

Paint my skies

A dazzling blue

Lighter than the ink

On a page

And write me

Sonnets in your smile

“O Romeo,”

Take all of my flaws,

My insecurities,

And lock them in a cage

Where they cannot take flight

As you say,

“You’re beautiful

And I’ll love you

All my life.”

Wash me in lies

And kiss my dry eyes

And then

When I think I’m coral,

Made for the ocean that is you

Remind me,

I am a lillypad

Alone on the ocean

Take me,

And drown me,

And destroy 

My soft elegance

For I am a lillypad

Alone on the ocean

And promises,

Like hearts,

Are meant to be broken.