A Promise Is A Promise

Dear Friend,

I don't know what else I can say,

I pinned myself in a corner-that may be true,

And I have been punished for it to this day,

I've wanted to make up for it, yet feel as if in your eyes-

The only result will be that I capsize. 

Yet still, after all these years, I feel as if I've been blessed,

For I'd never done anything worthy of reward yet you became my friend,

But instead of treasuring you, I feel I must confess,

That my actions as a catholic friend until the end,

Weren't ones that any could ever defend. 

Even though I knew my calls would be ignored,

Even though I was the last to learn you had gone away,

I no longer cared if I was abhorred,

Because I can't forget what I'd promised you,

No matter what happens I swore our friendship would remain true. 

Your departure had stung more than any other punishment before,

Why? Because at the time it felt as if I watched you die,

And honestly for so long after-I felt as if I could go on no more,

Even when so many years had passed, whenever I thought of you,

I could not stop those tears as crying was all I could do. 

But that said I won't believe that there is no hope,

As I've learned in the darkest of times this is something you give yourself.

And that is why I have been for so long able to cope,

Yes, I may appear foolish to you until the end,

But I will always believe in you because you are my friend. 

When that day does come about,

And that promise can be renewed,

Should you find that our bond you no longer doubt,

I've kept this for me and you,

This will demonstrate that in the end, we could pull through. 

It will be here whenever you change your mind,

And you see it fit to forgive me,

This object to us is one of a kind,

It's my hope you'll accept what you see,

As proof around your neck, you'll allow this to be. 

Until that day I will wait for you,

Of that, you can be sure,

I don't care if to others it is a retarded thing to do,

Because I don't make promises I can't keep

In the end, this seed I sowed I must believe your return is what I can reap