Steel Love

collaboration brings creation. this is a poem written in response to "Steal" and "Love" read together and as one piece. though, "Steal" and "Love" are still seperate pieces, when i read them together, this is what wants to come out:

Steel Love
just outside the citadel
she gazes outward
"deep void," she says,
"where am i?"
wrapped in her shawl,
the red thread embracing her then running from her
she reads the dark sky and thinks,
i am so small.

later, inside the hall
the crumbs mix with the sauce
where the laughter of a full room
echoes unlike the tattered shirts they wear,
and there is satisfaction in her stomach.
"thank you," she thinks,
eyes open on the poor.

many women do noble things,
but you surpass them all

"deep void," she thinks again,
"my name, it's here."
lifting her head to be kissed

she is wildflower and dust
He watches her closely
and does not let harm befall her.
with wool and flax she still likes the spindle best
faithfulness the colour of chrome
is the thing that makes her face shine,
and wisdom is the cake she bakes.
i love you too,
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