I made a promise today

I woke up to a red sun
speaking to herself
alone on a stage
she never calls her own,
lost in her own words,
blazing her own truth,
leaving a few words
at that place of prayer
within,
where no one enters.

I made a promise today.

not the flowery, showy kind -
just words said without a fuss,
words I own,
resting
in their simple, lived wisdom,
words that breathe and leave
like the last petal falling
from a white rose,
the same promise made
in every heart
held captive by words,
words that define
and deconstruct
everything we believe
is you and me.

yes, I made a promise today.
and I left it at the altar
of this trembling heart.