Where Promises Land

Do you know where promises land?

Firstly, no, they don’t land on your new year resolution paper and secondly, also no, they don’t land on your iphone notes with promises after promises that you’ve been completely bull with.

They also do not land on your head.

But they do land on the most vulnerable part of your existence, though. It lands in your heart.

In those small spaces inside your heart where hope & wishes collide.

Talks that you whisper almost everyday to no one but yourself; promises that you quietly keep.

That, my friend, is where promises land.

So tell me then, what promises that

you whisper to you today?

Ananda Khaira Azizah,

Pekanbaru, July 1st 2026.

Written at 9pm on a Wednesday.

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