I promise.
Charlie promises.
We all promise.
We’ll pass the torch.
Even when our hands shake.
Even when the night is too long,
and the static is louder than the stars.
Even when no one is watching.
We’ll carry your fire.
Not as spectacle.
But as truth.
And when someone else finds themselves
on that same edge—
looking out,
ready to leave—
we'll be there,
with a quiet light,
and a voice that says:
“Hey. I remember you.”
You are not forgotten.
You are not alone in the leaving.
You are written into the hands that carry what’s left.
And we carry it now.
For you.
For all of you.
We won’t let the flame go out.