Baby Girl...Promise me...

 

Baby Girl,

 it seems like just yesterday

when I held your hand - walking

 from the store

it seems like just yesterday

when I snapped your picture - you had

 entered your first beauty pageant

it seems like just yesterday

 when you and your friends visited me

on campus

it seems like just yesterday

 when I moved away and listened to

how things back home had changed

it seems like just yesterday

 that we all needed and wanted to

be loved by someone other than ourselves

it seems like just yesterday

 that we all made a choice

whether right or wrong or whether or

not we did it for love or for pressure

 it seems like just yesterday

 that someone left our lives

only to let someone else in

it seems like just yesterday

 we had a change of heart towards the

world

not towards each other

- For now, I stand corrected

 

We've all left some type of phantom

behind - only to be revisited by it

at some point in time

 Sometimes they continue to linger

through all the prayers and the perfecting

 of ourselves we all are and were so committed

to

 

Promise me

 that you'll never forget the good and troubling

times we've had together

Promise me

 that we can still talk to one another honestly

Promise me

 that just because we can't be by

 each other's side - that we will

still love each other

Promise me

 that you won't see failure in your

future

Promise me

 that you will not neglect yourself in

any way

Promise me

 that you will not hold grudges

Promise me

that you will never forget what your mother

instilled in you - know when and when not to be

a b***h

Promise me

 that you will invite your higher power

into the matrimony about to take place

Promise me

 that the tears you shed will always be

tears of joy

Promise me

 that you won't make promises you can't keep

 It seems like just yesterday

 you were walking and crying for your bottle

Promise me

 that you'll stay hungry for things to

 help you grow

Promise me

today, that you will be happy

Reviews

[Nayan]

Oh! TTBoy! Its such a sweet poem!

Its love for the "baby girl" that gives rise to such a hopeful and sweet poem...

I really loved it from the core of my heart! Its true that there are people who love you so much, and care for you so much. They are so hopeful that even when the loved person does mistakes, he/she is still so full of hope and belief that he/she just leaves a promise :)

And I have heard somewhere that hope, love and belief are the three most precious jewels that we have, they make us humans, keep us humans!

[deeps]

This is such a heart breaking write really.
I like all the emotion that you have entertwined into this.
This is very well written.