This I promise you.

He sings I will take you in my arms, and hold you right where you belong.

My music player repeats this song for the 21st time now. However, because my brother's asleep and my computer is positioned at the centre of all three bedrooms, I've turned it down to a low volume, just enough to be heard. But the lyrics, very audibly clear, still rings in my head.

With each word, I think of you. You, who have brought me such security and love I haven't felt for a time so long, I thought I never would again. And as the thought of your warm embrace melts me from the inside, I make a silent, unsaid promise of my own.

Till the day my life is through, this I promise you.