Through the mist

He searches in vain

For a glimmer of hope

A release from the pain

Looking for solace

A path to redeem

Yet all that’s found

Is a shattered dream

Haunted by echoes

That refuse to grow old

A vow made in haste

A chain on his soul

The oath he made

Now frayed and torn

A burden of regret

Sad and forlorn

Through the shadows

Of his lonely mind

Only painful cries

Of a vow unkind

Lost in the fog

Alone in the deep

Bound by a promise

That he couldn’t keep