A VEIL OF DUST AND VOWS: / i.
WE DID NOT FIND INE ANOTHER IN LIGHT
but in the same long night that taught us
how to endure. different histories
different wounds yet the ache speaks a
shared tongue we stand together not for
beauty but for survival held by a loyalty
FORGET WHERE SOFTNESS FAILED. / ii.
this is an old bond wordless and
unadorned a quiet allegiance that
does not beg to be seen only to
remain let the world fracture and
forget: we persist weathered
unyielding faithful to one another
in the dark.

It is not laughter that keeps us
here but constancy the kind
that stays when voices thin
and nights grow heavier we
carry one another through
the UNNAMED HOURS
BEARING weight without
witness offering presence
instead of promises. ✱