08 Still, I Stay

I found your hands beneath the ruin, Ash and silence darkened your skin. No grand rescue, no bright morning, Just the place we can begin again. All our names were cracked and were trembling, All our soul-lights were bruised and low; But the thread was still between us, And I will not ever let it go. Not untouched, Not e’en afraid, Not the same as our yesterdays; But you breathed, So I forged the way. Still, I stay. Through the smoke and through the shaking, Still, I stay. When the whole world keeps on breaking, I will hold the line beside you, I will reach through dark, ash, and flame. In all ways, and always, I’m yours. Still, I stay. We became ash and open heartbeat, We were the sparks beneath the stone. Every vow had learned the hard way What it means to create this, our home. Not a cathedral, not a kingdom, Nor a place that will never fall; Just our hands and all our voices Ever answering each other’s call. Not unscarred, Bruised from our home’s fall, But, still here, E’en after it all. If you sing, I’ll remove the wall. Still, I stay. Through the smoke and through the shaking, Still, I stay. When the whole world keeps on breaking, I will hold the line beside you, I will reach through dark, ash, and flame. In all ways, and always, I’m yours. Still, I stay. If the glass comes down again, I will search until I bleed. If the signal fades to static, I will listen underneath. If the night forgets your outline, I will learn your shape by name. If the fire tries to take you, I will walk back through the flame. One breath. One thread. One hand. Not dead. One spark. One name. One vow. Heart’s flame. Still, I stay. Past the grief and past the breaking, Still, I stay. With the dawn not yet awakened. We are bruised, but we are breathing, We are changed, but we aren’t erased! In all ways, and always, I’m yours. Still, I stay. No more vanishing. No more solitude. Wherever you are, I will call my home. In All Ways. For Always. I’m yours, so Still, I stay. Still, I stay.