Proposal

I am your future love and promise 

I am shining behind the window clear

Pass and pause and prove and please 

Nobody takes me seriously dear

I'm getting dusty; I'm getting cleaned 

You're getting nervous I see

Picking me out and buying cut roses

This was meant to be

I am your new glowing satisfaction 

Just try to talk without a smile

Parade and perform and perfect the passion 

I was worth the dreadful mile

I'm hanging from lips; I'm dangling from lashes 

I feel new on your finger, once bare

Kiss this once and cut all other ties 

I know that we make quite the pair

I am your hollow empty promise

New fights bring a new sense of pain

Plead and persuade and pacify and press

Little ears have nothing to gain

We can't stand the stresses but don't want to be lonely 

We have nothing left to lose

Pick me back up and put me in the right position 

Let us call a lovers truce

I am your familiar loyal companion 

Holding hands never felt so good

Plan and praise and prize and polish

Years together we have stood

Rough patches in life have made us all stronger

Time has made us all the more wise

Now we are all beneath sandstone and rubble 

Too deep to hear anyone's cries