Expired Promises
February 27, 2008
Do promises come with an expiration date? A ‘void if used after’? Perhaps a threshold?
If I promise to love you forever, do I really break that promise if I still love you? Even though I am not with you?
If I promise to keep you safe always, do I really break that promise if it is from me that you need to be kept safe? Even if it means that I cannot have you?
If I promise to spend the day with you, do I really break that promise if I talked to you a few times across the day? Even if it was not for very long?
If I promise to take care of you, do I really break that promise if I am working as hard as I can? Even if you still have to?
If I promise you the world, do I really break that promise if I have given you my world? Even if your world is too cluttered to see it?
Do I break a promise if it is an after-effect? If in the moment, I meant what I said, do I really break a promise if only to keep that promise? Is it really a broken promise if the threshold in which to keep the promise has expired?
Is it really a broken promise if I tried?
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