Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 27, 2026

No Olives To Branch

"...I will meet you there, as I did promise..."

No Olives To Branch

I will meet you upon that space for which we have met many times before.

Dreaming in delusion, betting on false promises, and banking on tomorrow's ever-uncertain future.

I will meet you there, as I did promise, but you never echoed my heart's truth in return.
A false hope leaves me empty.
As I stand alone with only my pain to embrace.

I guess you answered my reply within your actions.
Not all lessons are so easily learned.







Article © John Patrick Robbins. All rights reserved.
Published in the March 6, 2023 issue .
Image(s) are public domain.
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1 Reader Comment
Janet Robbins
03/21/2023
01:22:15 PM
So..touching...Beautifully.. Written
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