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 a kiss
 Is the lie upon the lips"
 Truer words were never shared
 When I feel
 Like lies are all I hear
 I pull my memories near
 The one thing they can't take
 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 a prayer
 Now my soul
 Is stretching through the roots
 To memories of you
 Back through time and space
 To carry home
 The faces and the names
 And photographs of you
 Rescued from the flames
 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
 And fill the world with life
 As we've always done
 
 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 a kiss
 Is the lie upon the lips"
 Truer words were never shared
 When I feel
 Like lies are all I hear
 I pull my memories near
 The one thing they can't take
 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 a prayer
 Now my soul
 Is stretching through the roots
 To memories of you
 Back through time and space
 To carry home
 The faces and the names
 And photographs of you
 Rescued from the flames
 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
 And fill the world with life
 As we've always done