For You, My Brave Friend. (This is for Babz) xxx

You were shaped by silence
and shadows too loud,
But still you speak softly
never bitter, never proud.

You’ve walked through fires
that should have turned you cold,
Yet your touch is gentle,
your heart pure gold.

Where others broke,
you learned to bend,
To cradle pain
and still defend.

You pour out kindness
like rain on stone,
Healing the cracks
you’ve quietly known.

You’re a lighthouse, love,
not because life was kind
But because even in storms,
you chose to shine xx