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I never asked for anger
I never asked for war
I only wanted someone
To see what I was worth
So hearing you stand up
And say what hurt so plain
Felt like a door unlocking
Inside my chest again
You saw the waiting in me
The way I held on long
The way I turned to silence
And still kept calling love
Most people saw the color
The ribbons and the smile
You saw the shaking under
And stayed there for a while
And when you said Rose
You made it sound like truth
Not something small and fragile
Not something to get used
You said it like I mattered
Like losing me meant pain
Like I was not a memory
To reach for when it rained
You said it for me
When I had no words left
You held the line for my heart
When it was tired and spent
You said what I was worth
Without making me plead
And I did not know how much
I needed that from me
I know he never meant to
Leave every wound so deep
I know the wind inside him
Was never built to keep
But knowing does not fix it
And caring has a cost
And you were not afraid to say
That I was almost lost
Not as a girl still waiting
Not as some hopeful blur
Not as a hand still reaching
For someone who would run
You spoke to him like thunder
But not for pride or blame
You spoke because you saw me
And would not make me small again
You said it for me
When I had no words left
You held the line for my heart
When it was tired and spent
You said what I was worth
Without making me plead
And I did not know how much
I needed that from me
No one has ever loved
The soft parts quite like this
The places still uncertain
The kindness born from grief
No one has ever looked
At all my hope and pain
And called it something precious
Instead of something naive
So if my hands are shaking
It is not fear alone
It is the strange bright feeling
Of finally being known
You did not save a dreamer
You did not claim a prize
You stood beside my heartache
And told it not to hide
Shadow
When you defend me
It does not feel like fire
It feels like steady ground
Like maybe love is not
A thing that makes me chase
Maybe it sounds like truth
Maybe it stays
You said it for me
And something in me healed
Not all at once
Not perfectly
But somewhere deep and real
You said what I was worth
And now I hear it too
Still soft
Still strong
Still worthy
Still true