This day I promse

I promise today
familiar I'll discard
my known ways
my known days
faces I own
names well known
words I've used
language spoken
comforts worn
give them up in a go
to walk away
to other shores
where pain awaits
where dreams awake
leave behind
my cup of woes
my shame, shallow griefs
cut the cord
with a ruthless knife
nothing to lose
and nothing to gain
a hundred miles
to walk again.