Because of a Broken Promise....

A Promise Made is a sacred thing. To stay together, no matter what Tomorrow brings...

An assurance that You will always be there for me...

"We will go to the woods, to hear the birds sing... We will fly like them. Spend the evening watching the diamond-speckled sky...and wishing upon the shooting stars, way up high..." You say to me.

"Will we do this together?" I ask You, looking deep in Your eyes... Eyes as blue as the calm night sky...

"Yes", You say, taking my hand in Yours. "We will do all this Together. Many times will we hear the birds sing, and many will be the Joys and Sorrows that our eyes shall see..."

You smile. "Now and always: I promise You – together You and me..."

A Promise Made is a sacred thing. This is the way it always should be... A Promise of Friendship Made, to take in all the sunny days, to catch in Our hands all the rays of a Rainbow, to cherish every moment spent together... A Promise Made to withstand the cruellness of life, all the sadness, all the bad moments...

It is a sacred bond, stronger than any other oath... Stronger and older than all the Oaths ever thought of by Man...

Two there always are, when a Promise is said: the Giver – One who Makes it, and the Taker – One who Accepts it. And when a Promise is Made, it is a sacred thing. A bond that binds the Two together, like the Ten Commendments that bind every Christian.

It is Knowledge, the unshakeable Knowledge I have: that You will forever be with me, that no matter what Night comes after a beautiful day (whether it be a calm One filled with Peace, or a horrible One filled with terrors and sorrow), You will ever guide me throught it; that for me, You will always be there. That there will ever be a Tomorrow, when I wake up to see Your face beside me... 

And it is the same Knowledge You have – that I will always be with You, to the End of all Days... That I will stand Strong and True, when You are weak, when there are Lies all around You... You have the Knowledge that comes from the Heart – a certainty that we will never part, a certainty that from all the Evil Within and Without –

I will ever Protect You.

And this I solemnly swear...

It is a Promise that I have now Made, and it is a sacred thing.

Two there always are, when a Promise is said... The Giver and the Taker...

And it is a Bond that binds the Two together in a way no other Oath can... Because a Promise is the Oldest of Oaths. A Gift sent by God, not something created by Man...

Therefore, a Promise once Made, cannot be Broken... Must not be Broken...

Because of a Broken Promise...

There is Evil and Sadness in the world... Because of a Broken Promise, there are Broken Hearts, there is Shattered Faith...and the world changes for the worst.

Because of a Broken Promise – nothing is as it once was...

Because of a Broken Promise, a painful truth is revealed.

God's Gift becomes Nothing...the Giver and the Taker change... God's Gift becomes Dust,

no longer a sacred thing, only something discarded; an alien thing, borne on the wind –

in one moment gone from Their hands.

And the Sacred Two, once upon a time so close to one another, now forever estranged...

"Yes" You whisper in my ear. "I know all that, My Dear... I know how it is to live when s Promise has been Broken. When words that should never have been uttered, are too hastily spoken...

I know that because of a Broken Promise, there is too much Sorrow – no hope for the Two...no hope for Tomorrow..." I close my eyes, You kiss me so gently. "Don't worry... We will do everything Together, I will always be with You... Don't worry... Whenever You need me, just Whisper my name on the wind – and in a moment, I will be beside You, I Promise, I will be there... And I know, too, that You will be True to me – that in my time of need, You will do anything – bring down the Brightest Star in the night sky, scale the Mountains so high...I know that in my time of need, You will brave the stormy Sea – You will do anything to be with me..."

We have Made a Promise, and it must never be Broken... It will never be Broken...

For it is a Promise to take in the Good Times, withstand the Bad Times...

To always be Together, no matter what Tomorrow brings...

A Promise Made is a sacred thing.

The Greatest Oath, one sent from Above.... To be Together through everything.

A Promise Made: to forever be Together, in Friendship and Love...