Alone

a short poem

No promises made.
No feelings expressed.
No compliments paid.
No glances exchanged.

No waiting by phone.
No tears to shed.
No sins to attone.
No love  letters read.

No sons to be born.
No daughters to raise.
No hope to return.
No need to be brave.

No one to forgive.
No pain to accept.
No end or reprieve.
No promises kept.