Unfit, Yet Carried
They called her weak; I called her flame.
Disposable—she wore that shame.
Fate left her cracked on alien stone;
Her warriors fled; she lay alone.
I was half-dead, yet found my spine;
I lifted her; I made her mine.
We crossed poison sands, lungs in debt;
Through fire-tempest—still, I set.
Past empire bones, we learned to bleed;
Survival shifted into need.
Trust grew fanged; loyalty took flight;
Love came midnight, not polite.
I never let her leave my back;
I kept my vow in starless black.
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