I Promise Not To Write

I wish there was a way to erase all these memories

I wish there was a place where desolate humans

Ignite inextinguishable hope in their lives

I wish there were people who kept it real with you

Not to take you round or make feel you are worthy

to be in their lives

I wish I’d believe everything is within me, within my power

I wish I believed I am made of unconquerable material

I wish I knew where I kept my life’s armour

I wish I knew where I kept the key to the artillery room

Then, and only then, I would rise like the knight I am

To conquer and reclaim what truly belongs to me

I promise not to write how pitiful I have grown

I promise not to write about how bad a man I make

How contemptible an adult I have turned out to be

I promise to live each day with a simple dream

A dream to the best in everything I do

I promise to write about hope, resilience, and happiness