Spiritually left for dead,
my heart an echo chamber of loss.
Kindness drained from trembling hands,
warmth scattered to a cold, unfeeling sky.
You walked through the ruins of my trust,
fed on the softness I once called love,
leaving me hollow —
a ghost of what I was.
But from your ruin, I rose.
Fire found me in the ashes.
I am the warrior you never meant to forge,
the survivor you could not destroy.
My soul burns brighter for the breaking —
and I will never fade again.