I Promise

Though youth still graces every line you wear
There's ancient sadness in the eyes you bear
Time hasn't touched the beauty of your face
But stole too soon your childhood's gentle grace

A fragile hope wrapped in your stare
The weight of sorrow hidden there
Your voice a tremor, your smile a plea
A reflection of all you have endured silently

I'm sorry for the silence, the hurt, the years apart
Though darkened hands they are, I try to hold your shattered heart
If I could rewrite the past, I'd make all things right
And bring back the warmth that vanished that faithful night

I see the echoes of all we've lost
The innocence burned at such a cost
Your quiet tears, the things unsaid
A living ghost among the dead

The stars outside, they crumble and fall
Yet here you stand, surviving it all
Your laughter's faint, your joy restrained
I promise to break you free from these chains

I'm sorry for the distance, the battles I couldn't win
For the weight of my actions that left you trapped within
But I promise to rise, no matter how far we've gone
To give you a place where you can finally belong

I see the pain you carry, the doubts that linger still
But here I stand, though broken, bound by my own will
The scars we bear are stories, Of battles fought, undone
But I'll rewrite the ending, our fight has just begun

I'm sorry for the darkness that stole the light from your eyes
For the moments you were stranded, caught beneath the lies
Battered I may be, I promise to rise from every fall
To free you from this nightmare, once and for all

When dawn breaks through our longest night of pain
And tears of joy wash clean the years of stain
Your smile will bloom like flowers after rain
A heart once lost, now hope remains
We'll stand together as the darkness clears
Till laughter drowns the echoes of our tears
To seek our freedom and break our cage to soar
No chains to bind us, and suffering no more