Shattered Crown

She loves him like breath-
Boundless, wild, and free.
Her every heartbeat hums his name,
Her every breath begins and ends with him.

But love is fragile, even when it feels eternal.
Will her heart remain steadfast when the truth emerges?
When his past, buried and bruised, claws its way to the surface,
A past is so heavy he cannot bear its weight alone.

Will her love, so unyielding now, falter under the weight of his scars?
Will she see him as the man she knows, or as the stranger his past reveals?
Through the storms that rage and the calm that deceives,
Through fire and rain that threatens to consume them both,

Will she still stand by him, unshaken,
Will she fight for him when he cannot fight for himself?
Will she hold him close, even when the journey grows dark,
Even when love feels like a battle instead of a sanctuary?

Can she promise forever,
When forever demands all of her strength, her faith, her soul?