I won't let you fall

Hey, hero

hidden in the light

like a cloak edged in chaos

Don't you know you're beautiful

secrets you long to muffle out

as you relinquish yourself to the cape

a title never asked upon

bearing it like a cross on your journey to redemption 

from the unknown

Can't you see, I know who you are

wounded warrior with your hand on the hilt

anticipating and circumspect of this life

a battlefield for peace

leaving your soul tattered

riddled with bullet holes

bleeding out till you're depleted

tell me, when will your time come 

to diminish your shield

surrendering to rest

Dear, Mona Lisa

sheltered in the shadows

a refuge fringed in your fading light

don't you see you're beautiful

scars you long to camouflage

succumbing to the mask, a painted on smile

like a harlequin

a facade of who you are

Don't you know, you're not alone

wounded warrior with your hand on the hilt

anticipating and circumspect of this life

a battlefield of love

your heart battered and bruised

stitched in kevlar

passion stamped out by the opinion of the minority

tell me, when will your time come 

to break free from the shadows

and step into the light

you've been fighting for so long

don't you know, you were never alone

I've got your back

you've been hiding long enough

don't you know, you were never alone

i've seen you all this time

wounded warrior lay down your blade

you don't have to fight alone

rest your soul as i pick up your shield

just breathe and know

I stand with you

as long as i live

i won't let you fall