I Vow

My eyes first graced your innocence when first our world was new

And nothing came of nothing; you were nothing more to me

But then you spoke and slowly as if I had fallen deep

Into a whirlwind dream that held what I wanted to be

Your face became extraordinary, beauty ingrained within

And every time you smiled the world would grow a little brighter

Your gravity upon my world increased, and soon my orbit

Centered upon your being whole; your grip grew ever tighter

Upon my heart, that weight has held for many long years now

And still the Earth turns, but so much has changed I bid it still

For if it were to end, if that brightness to dissolve

With it would dissolve that part of me that governs my free will

They say eyes are windows of the soul; how could I find this true?

I see no imperfection in the deepness of thine own

And deeper yet I sink unto the wholeness that is you

I find no imperfection, no flaws interred within thy bone

I bare myself to you, for if that bond means anything

I dare you to know all my truth, the scars that make my soul

And pray you do not find something within you cannot handle

For without you, I cannot see how I could still be whole

To walk the Earth without your voice guiding me, holding me still

Upon the path I intend to walk until the end of days

When we are withered; nothing more than slips upon this darkness

I want you to hold me close, I want to die seeing your face

For what is love, and what is ours, but a vow flung into naught

But an empty void, and we both hope it comes out safe?

Your tether keeps me bound to life; your face my sweetest vision

If this is naught but fragile dream, I do not want to wake

I grasp your hand and keep it, I intend not to let go

Until the day cruel fate intends to wrench me from your side

Until I slip into the night that we both kept at bay

And then, with your telltale soft touch, I feel no need to hide

You kept my world in orbit; you gave me greater purpose

And hand in hand with you I feel my life has been fulfilled

If you but vow to stay with me in this fleeting, mortal cosmos

I vow to anchor you, and to our lives anew we'll build

It's true, I had existed before my eyes graced your face

And now I vow I'll never let them leave your eyes again

We found each other, in this random, twisted, fading world

If all else falls, and our souls slip, I vow love will remain