A Simple Promise

A Simple Promise

To explain a lover's spirit
Would be a lecture
In pain, a pain
Inferior to the might
And ferocity of true love

For a lover's pain is real
A reality that can only be felt
When one feels
For the sake of their sanity
And all that matters
In the eyes of another

It's in those eyes
That one sees
What it's meant to be free
Of the shackles of loneliness
Of the fear, of the greed
For one no longer believes
That they are their own
Most important person

So they stand
Beside, next to, in support
Of the one person
The one person who is
That most important person
And will forever be

This is when the knees ache
The ankles break
The back creaks
And the mind seeks
To find the strength
To Overcome

For a lover's pain is real
And it's in this most
Important person
That a lover's strength
Overcomes

For there is no challenge
No trial or tribulation
That could hope to withstand
The power of true love
A power so great and yet so simple
That one could hold it
In the palm of their hand

So long as that hand
Is joined with another's
Two hands forming a bond
The strongest bond

I love you
And I promise
To hold your hand