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"I Promise."

September 21, 2009
By carlytracz PLATINUM, Manhattan, Kansas
carlytracz PLATINUM, Manhattan, Kansas
21 articles 1 photo 30 comments

Favorite Quote:
"We allow ourselves to dream without fear of how impossible it may seem." -Z.H.
"Anything other than yes is no. Anything other than stay is go. Anything less than 'I love you.' is lying." -John Mayer.


I wrote your promise on my hand.
I hope it lasts.
I hope it stands.

And if somehow I lose my way,
I'll check my hand
and be okay.

When I wrote your promise
on my hand,
I wished it'd last.
I thought it'd stand.

Yet oddly now,
it's rinsed away.
But you're still here.
I'll be okay.

And don't you worry.
It helped me out.
More than you know.
Without one doubt.

The author's comments:
This was inspired by a really good friend of mine, who's been there through the worst. I don't know what I'd do without him, and I'm so glad I met him.

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skybean BRONZE said...
on Oct. 16 2012 at 7:44 pm
skybean BRONZE, Elmont, New York
2 articles 16 photos 36 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Fairy tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”~GK Chesterton

Nice! Great rhythm..... (Please comment/rate my stuff!  :))

on Feb. 17 2012 at 4:47 pm
Shahiro PLATINUM, Johnston, Iowa
20 articles 2 photos 262 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Soon we must all choose between what is right and what is easy." - Dumbledore (Goblet of Fire)

i like the rhyme scheme, and rhythum! This poems pretty good! (please read, rate, and comment on my stuff!!!!)

irishlass317 said...
on Oct. 8 2011 at 11:45 pm
irishlass317, Jefferson City, Missouri
0 articles 0 photos 134 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I asked Jesus 'How much do you love me?' He answered 'This much.' And He streched out His arms and died."

WOW. The rythm was very, very good. This is a poem I can definitely relate to!!!!!!!!!!! I love it!!!!!!!!!!!

on Aug. 3 2011 at 2:32 pm
singinginthegardn GOLD, Cowell, Massachusetts
16 articles 2 photos 158 comments

Favorite Quote:
"The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say." ~Anaïs Nin

The rhythm makes the poem..really good job <3!

 


k.s.h. GOLD said...
on Jul. 12 2011 at 7:59 pm
k.s.h. GOLD, Depauw, Indiana
11 articles 0 photos 40 comments

Favorite Quote:
Two roads diverged in a wood and I--I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.


Robert Frost

It was very sweet and symbolic.  The rhythm touched the meaning of it to me.

on Jun. 24 2011 at 9:13 pm
Stefegg PLATINUM, Maysville, Missouri
21 articles 0 photos 78 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited, imagination encircles the world."

I actually like this a lot because a while back a boy told me something that I really liked, so I kept rewriting it on my hand for about a month. Recently I've stopped, but seeing it every day like that has helped me a lot. 

OneChance GOLD said...
on Nov. 10 2010 at 6:21 pm
OneChance GOLD, Westland, Michigan
18 articles 8 photos 55 comments

Favorite Quote:
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥be who YOU want to be, not what OTHERS want to see. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

woah. very extremely amazing. :) i realy like this it reminds me of a quote thing of myhotcomments.. it said like i wrote ur name in the sand but the wave washed it awya.. i wrote ur name on my hand but i washed it the next day. i wrote ur name in my heart, forver it will staay

on Aug. 16 2010 at 11:37 am
TheShadowsHaveEyes SILVER, Lansing, Michigan
9 articles 1 photo 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
How much dirt I gotta throw in the ocean to make a new island

Really liked this, a LOT.

 Extremely relatable, to an INSANE degree...LOVED IT.


on Apr. 28 2010 at 9:15 am
princess4ever BRONZE, Tripoli, Other
1 article 23 photos 73 comments
good work. I love it!

Meghanxo said...
on Apr. 14 2010 at 11:44 am
Meghanxo, Saugus, Massachusetts
0 articles 0 photos 7 comments
i really like this poem it really does to relate to a lot of people.

Venus_Queen said...
on Mar. 15 2010 at 4:07 pm
I loved it!!!!!!!!! ^-^ <3

RinnyG. SILVER said...
on Mar. 15 2010 at 1:14 pm
RinnyG. SILVER, Manhattan, Kansas
5 articles 3 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
I'm tall enough I can touch the ground!

Once your born, you start to die...

Carly!!! This is great!!! I really wish I could write like you can girl!

on Mar. 12 2010 at 3:06 pm
carlytracz PLATINUM, Manhattan, Kansas
21 articles 1 photo 30 comments

Favorite Quote:
"We allow ourselves to dream without fear of how impossible it may seem." -Z.H.
"Anything other than yes is no. Anything other than stay is go. Anything less than 'I love you.' is lying." -John Mayer.

Thank you so much. (:

on Jan. 30 2010 at 5:23 am
munkyman95 GOLD, Medway, Other
18 articles 1 photo 100 comments

Favorite Quote:
I will become, what I know I am' Michael Jordan

This is a nice poem.. good flow and a nice idea

on Oct. 18 2009 at 7:09 pm
carlytracz PLATINUM, Manhattan, Kansas
21 articles 1 photo 30 comments

Favorite Quote:
"We allow ourselves to dream without fear of how impossible it may seem." -Z.H.
"Anything other than yes is no. Anything other than stay is go. Anything less than 'I love you.' is lying." -John Mayer.

Thank you SO much. You have no idea how happy your comment just made me. Haha thank you thank you thank you.

ellenm34 said...
on Oct. 18 2009 at 5:20 pm
This poem really spoke to me, and it shows me how much the relationship between you and the person this poem's for means to you. I love this, and I've read some of your other works and you're really good! Keep it up, and I'm sure your writing will get you somewhere. :)

on Oct. 17 2009 at 10:17 pm
PunkRockLobster GOLD, Manhattan, Kansas
17 articles 4 photos 25 comments

Favorite Quote:
Carpe diem quam minime credula postero (Seize the day, trusting as little as possible in the future)
And if not now, when?

this is really brilliant carly! i really hope that it gets published in the magazine

Jordan_7 said...
on Oct. 16 2009 at 8:58 am
CARLY!! i love you!!!!!! haha and you know me i have NO idea what this poem means but WHO CARES! it sounds cool lol LOVE YOU GIRL!!!! :)

Sunflower said...
on Oct. 13 2009 at 8:46 pm
I really like this poem of yours. I can see myself when I was a teen writing on my own hand! Keep up the good work. I'm proud of you. :)

on Oct. 12 2009 at 6:29 pm
HarryPotter BRONZE, Manhattan, Kansas
2 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Snape killed Dumbledore."

Course it's amazing. (: