Promises and Music

surrounded in the haze of smoke
voluntarily choking my lungs
as another chick band screams their woes
and i think...yeah...men must suck
for everyone says so...and everyone can't be wrong

but then...at the pit of it all...
i dial the once familar numbers...my heart stops
and your voice fills me like it was only yesterday
when you promised your love forever--

strange how fast forever fades
when two people grow up and grow apart

we say goodnight...(a quick hello
it's all there is ever time for)
i go back to the smoke and the music
with the chick band still screaming
and i realize--i don't hate you
i only miss you and all the promises
i never believed but always wanted to