Broken Promises

"I love you"

Whispered the boy

Who claimed he could not love

False confidence blossomed in the girl

Believing the lie with every fiber of her being

She clung to those three heavy words

On the days where he exclaimed he no longer wanted her

On the days when contact was withheld

When he sat a foot away

Yet a gaping crater was between them

She yearned for his arms to surround hers

While her body ached for him

The girl held on to those hopeful words

When he told her he did not trust her

When he couldn't even kiss her

When she held back her tongue

Deciding not to speak the words that needed to be said

Out of fear of him leaving

She needed to here those fateful words again

The words she craved

Because she thought the boy who said he couldn't feel

Felt a wild fire for her

But who is the fool now?

It is the who still pines

Who still weeps

Who believed those words

Even when she was mentally beat

And Broken

She no longer craves

The words

Just the boy who spoke them