Cheerful faces did surround us
At our location fate did laugh
The terrible news I absorbed
It was on your behalf
I stared at your smiling face
Wondering how long I could wait
To create for you a storm so cruel
One that never would abate
I tried to take you out of there
To a more intimate place
But you must have missed
the look of dread upon my face
You made me tell you there and then
Oh how you did persevere
No good options did remain for me
To your demands I did adhere
I tried to put my arms around you
But to this you refused
You had come to the realisation
Of the journey that ensued
Side by side in silence
Five hundred steps we made
A greater show of human strength
I have yet to see displayed
When you reached your safety
You fell into my embrace
That day, my love, you showed to me
Your Beauty, Your Strength, Your Grace
