I’ll Call You

Waiting for a call that never comes,

Clinging to a mem’ry from a broken hollow shell.

I only paint my walls with promises,

A candle in the window,

As silence lingers in a way

I’ve come to know so well.

 

Heaven seemed so close that I could taste,

Til all that milk and honey disappeared without a trace

And left me standing here wondering what to do.

I wipe the tearstains from my pillow

As my heart breaks right in two.

 

You said, “I’ll call you.”

You knew it wasn’t true.

And I believed in you.

I feel like such a fool.

I’ll take my broken heart and put it on the mend,

And maybe someday I can learn to love again.

 

Time can cure, but some wounds never heal.

Holding on to better times

Can only serve to steal

A chance for happiness to share

With someone new.

Passing up on choices for

A dream that won’t come true.

 

You said, “I’ll call you.”