Reason and Cause

Promises made and not kept...
Are not easy to forgive or forget.
Those that do this are usually met,
With less respect than they expect...
Or get!

To excuse a promise made,
Often degrades a relationship.
Especially if made to children.
Children do not forget it.

And adults who make promises...
With no intentions to fulfill them.
Find themselves blaming someone else,
For breaking a commitment.
Only to discover,
They have become the reason and cause...
Of that person's resentment.

Promises made and not kept...
Are not easy to forgive or forget.
Those that do this are usually met,
With less respect than they expect.
Or ever again will get!

poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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