I Promise

I cannot promise you that

I will not change

I cannot promise you that

I will not have many different moods

I cannot promise you that

I will not hurt your feelings sometimes

I cannot promise you that

I will not be erratic

I cannot promise you that

I will always be strong

I cannot promise you that

my faults will not show

But -

I do promise you that

I will always be supportive of you

I do promise you that

I will share all my thoughts

and feelings with you

I do promise you that

I will give you freedom to be yourself

I do promise you that

I will understand everything that you do

I do promise you that

I will be completely honest with you

I do promise you that

I will laugh and cry with you

I do promise you that

I will help you achieve all your goals

But -

most of all

I do promise you that

I will love you

      -Poem by Susan Polis Schutz

I first saw this poem on a mug, at a friends' house. And then, as usual, I 'googled' with some fragments of word that I remember.