Promise

You were the promise of sunlight that came

When days were darkest

Lighting up my heart

With a spark of hope and tenderness

So long absent

You were for me

That steady port within a storm

When all around me wild seas were raging

Solidly you stood in one place

Even when absent

Beaming love

Offering comfort

Why did the forces of life

Conspire to keep us apart

Why did the voice of the devil

Darken my heart

And why would the fear of it all

Tear everything apart

Was it just a lesson

Or a powerful reflection of some truth

So long obsured

That could only be finally viewed

From a future made new

After the wreckage of heartbreak

Threatened to destroy all of our hopes and dreams

Never the less

I thank you

For never

Giving up on me

For being as constant as the sun

That only just seems to disappear

When darkness is near

But continues to shine brightly

Even when so completely

Eclipsed by fear