Everyday Canvas

Guilt

Prompt: Write a story or poem about a broken promise.

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Guilt

hard to understand how primal my need
to get over this
this promise that sparkled in your eyes
and crossed an ocean to survive
in my blood, simmering slowly
as a glorious hope

yet the distances spoke and I broke it
with my own hands
into thousand pieces
and now each shard pierces through my skin,
sighing, whispering, prickling
like chimera inside my flesh