Cock Crow
How easy it is
to be strong, ahead of time
To be loud
confident
wrong
before it’s all on the line
A simple thing
to make a promise
break a promise
To love yet forget
to care but upset
to be true and still lie
sincere and deny
to have the best
of intentions
and still come adrift
A difficult thing
to make a promise
break a promise
To catch a friend’s eye
to see a smile go
to feel dead inside
as you hear the cock crow
And what makes the difference
what turns it around
from bravado and bluster
collapsed to a lie
to the person on fire
willing to die?