Dark yet not 2: Love Book

Parapet

*In this context, a railing.

Made of solid steel, the world's gold.

Separating good and bad,

separating good from bad,

and bad from good,

but what happens with us?

You stand in all your glory, leaning against me.

Tightened upon,

Gripped upon,

Squeezed upon,

Still my shape never changes.

You try to escape into the false world,

but each time you do, I capture you.

Each time, a different pole with it's own flaw.

A different part of me lost each time.

Even with all this, there's more from behind.

Tainted and broken, 

my spine stands turgid and proud,

Flames of voices corrode my steel back.

Dust of the dead latch onto me.

My own cracks cry out to me.

Rays of harm scorch my bare back.

All while,

A bloody battle rages on through my flaws,

a battlefield stretching across the world.

You see only clear skies with daunting clouds.

You seem so innocent,

I want to protect that.

I will protect you,

Even if I falter.

I love you.