The Promise

If I had nothing to my name

But photographs of you

Rescued from the flames

That is all I would ever need

As long as I can read what's written on your face

The strength that shines

Behind your eyes

The hope and light

That will never die

One promise you made

One promise that always remains

No matter the price

A promise to survive

Persevere and thrive

As we've always done

And you said, the poison in the kiss

Is the lie upon the lips

Truer words were never said

When I feel like lies are all I hear

I pour my memories near the one thing they can't take

And one promise you made

One promise that always remains

No matter the price

A promise to survive

Persevere and thrive

As we've always done

The books still open on the table

The bells still ringing in the air

The dreams still clinging to the pillow

The songs still singing in the prayer

And my soul is stretching through the roots

To memories of you

Back through time and space

To carry on the faces and the names

And photographs of you

Rescued from the flames

And one promise you made

One promise that always remains

No matter the price

A promise to survive

Persevere and thrive

And dare to rise once more

A promise to survive

Persevere and thrive

Fill the world with life

As we've always done