Empty Promises

It's easy to fall into temptation.

The enticing and alluring promises

It may be short lived but worth it,

To run away, to escape, to cope

With the chaos all around us.

All we can do is painfully suffer.




But the promises brings us silence

They make us relax and enjoy ourselves

Makes us numb to the world

Only for a while then an itch begins.




Taking those promises

Stops the world, stops the itch

But only until the promise is fulfilled

Then you take more promises.




Too much chaos, too much pain

Not enough relief, not enough promises

To help run away from this place.




Once the promises stop

The itch comes back

And living becomes unbearable again.




Taking much more than what they offered

These promises were lies but no one cared

Just to run away, just to feel relief

It was worth it all, but is it?




There will always be chaos.

There will always be pain.

There will always be relief.

There will always be promises.




But these promises are long term.

It takes dedication for these promises

We turn to those because they're easy

These are harder because we have to try

These are much more fulfilling than those

These don't take anything unlike those

These are actually solutions



While those are just temporary