*laughs* Last one, I promise. This is the sequel to One More Night to Live, also written a while ago.
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All my thoughts hang on one precious word
Uttered by your torn lips
The same lips that have tasted tears and blood
And the despair that is the only thing left after a lost love
Everything I am strains toward you
Waiting for you to brighten my day again
Or bring me down as we slide together
Forever descending down the rocky mountain
Breaking our bones as we crash against boulders
And sharp memories and words not forgotten
But even through the tumult
I shall sing your name
Even through the tears
I shall cling to you ever tighter
For I WILL NOT LET YOU GO.
Not until death has claimed my body
And the last threads of consciousness
Detach themselves from my war-torn soul
So battered by life and tossed by emotions
That it threatens to evaporate at a mere touch
Until then, dear one,
I shall hold on to you as tightly as I know how
Sacrificing all I am to keep you safe
Breaking our pact will never be an option to me
As I am buffetted by all you have gone through
And my eyes flutter closed with the tears of your life
You will not be forsaken by me, my darling.
Not tonight.
Not ever.
Put your trust in me, loved one.
I shall not fail you.
This I promise, with my life and yours
And that, my love, is the deepest oath
I can ever
hope
to make.
