We Carry Fire

The streets are dust, the skies stay red

No kings, no law, just words unsaid

Smoke drifts through the places we knew

Now silence hums the bitter truth

But in the cracks, a green shoot climbs

A lullaby survives lost time

We mark the days with broken stone

Still trying not to die alone

We carry fire through the wreckage

A glow that no one else can steal

No gods, no map, no grand direction

But something in us won't unfeel

We're torn, but born for reconstruction

Even if the world won't heal

We trade our mercy like it's rare

Sleep with knives and vacant stares

But sometimes, someone shares their bread

And it's more than kings have ever said

A dog still howls beneath the moon

Some kids play war, then sing a tune

A stranger gives their only coat

We write these stories down in smoke

We carry fire through the ruins

Like it's the only truth we know

The stars are cold, but still pursuing

The shape of something left to grow

We live without a flag or sermon

But light the dark with what we show

No more towers, no more drones

But love still echoes through these bones

Even if it's just a spark

We guard it gently in the dark

So if you find me in the frost

Know I bent, but never lost

Not to war, or smoke, or wire

I still believe

We carry fire