fight, my love, for me - poem by alexis

fight, my love, for me


darling, you should know
by now that not everything
ends in peacetimes here.

( my dear, don't you know
the only peace i've ever
gotten is when i'm laying
next to you at night. )

my love, you are so much
more than you've been told -
a warrior, a hero, a king -
all good things to be, but
you
are so much more to
me.

( then tell me what to do, my love,
before i stop falling and hit
rock bottom. tell me what to
do to keep you safe from harm. )

i need you to f i g h t,
my love. fight for your
kingdom, fight for your
power, fight for your
people -

( and fight for you? )

yes. and fight for
me. fight for us.

( for as long as you need,
my dearest one. )

for forever.