Promises.

She was a little girl when she first came across the word - "Promise",

Had been here 5 years now, so

Would you blame her for assuming she was smart?

"Promises seal the deal" or at least that's what the little girl then thought.

How can I blame the little girl for believing

that her dad would keep his promise

and not let go when she was cycling?

But he did.

Having your belief shattered doesn't hurt much though

when you're just a kid.

The candle on her cake now says ten,

five years added to the journey and she had no clue

if this was the beginning, the middle or the end.

How can I blame the toddler who was now 5 years older,

for not falling for her sister's 'promise',

maybe falling off her bicycle had rendered her smarter?

But her sister wasn't the same,

She made her realize that we can accuse people

but promises were not to be blamed.

Add five more years to the ten she had already lived,

Now she had an abundance of broken promises,

however, some were left unbroken, indeed.

Would you blame the girl who wasn't so little anymore,

for putting her faith in the books she read and the stars she played with

because for some, promise was just another 7 letter word ?

Her new friends, she guessed, carried the messages her sister had sent,

They hummed the exact same tune she used to and their dances were way too similar !

'Oh honey,' they'd whisper , 'life is much more beautiful if you let all the colors and the scents blend.'

Two years have passed since she last said her age was twenty,

She carries a pen and a paper with her all the time now,

A couple of things had been crossed off her 'bucket list' now, yet it was far from being empty.

I don't blame her though, for believing in something which many think is naive,

for not everyone who looks up to sky finds it beautiful and stunning,

And the way I see it, retaining your belief system, come what may, is certainly pretty brave.