Promise

You were sitting there on that rock

It seemed like you were waiting for someone

I was not very far away but I knew you were in another world

You had your eyes open staring at me and yet I knew you were looking through me

Your eyes told me nothing about you

The glassy look, the expressionless face

I never once got how you did it

How you hid all your emotions so well

Then the wave came and splashed upon you and washed off your mask

And then I really saw you

The fright the courage and the hope

I saw the story behind your eyes

I saw the hurt the deceit the thirst for revenge

The determination to protect what you love

The hurt in your eyes scared me but the hope made me hold on

I came towards you and you smiled

And I silently promised never to let that smile fade away

          2009