Three short lines, and the word "empty" opens each one. That repetition is the whole poem's heartbeat, and it feels like someone circling the same hollow spot and unable to leave it.
The first two lines are quiet accusations. Empty promises and empty tears suggest words and feelings that looked real but had nothing behind them. The third line is where the poem turns. The speaker admits the emptiness exists "because I held you here." Holding someone in place, whether out of love, fear, or refusal to let go, has drained the relationship of meaning. The speaker seems to see that they helped create the hollowness they've been blaming on someone else.
The mood is stark and heavy with regret. There's no anger left, only a flat, tired honesty. The poem doesn't say who "you" is or what happened, so the feeling lands without a story attached. What stays with you is the sense that clinging to something can be what ruins it.