Someone Safe

You slipped inside my hideout with a grin and borrowed gun, too young to know the stories of the damage I had done. You slept beside my chaos like the noise could do no harm, so I learned to check the shadows, learned to keep you in my arms. You never asked which name was true. You just believed I'd make it through. You made me someone safe for the first time in my life. I was the monster in the mirror till you stood there by my side. Now they paint me like a hero, but I only hear your name. You made me someone safe - and I couldn't keep you safe. You copied every footstep, painted blue across your face. When the whole world called me madness, you looked up and saw me brave. I began to fear the danger, not because it threatened me, but because your little heartbeat made me want a world to keep. I thought love was just a fuse, lit to prove what I would lose. You made me someone safe for the first time in my life. I was the monster in the mirror till you stood there by my side. Now they raise my name like thunder, but it breaks me all the same. You made me someone safe - and I couldn't keep you safe. Then the light tore through the rafters, and the sound erased the room. I reached for you through white-hot silence; my hands came back with smoke. You were small enough to vanish, brave enough to make me stay. Now I carry how you saw me like a wound that points the way. You made me someone safe when I never thought I could. You found a hero in the wreckage where nobody else would look. Now the mirror holds your courage, and the fire wears your face. You made me someone safe - and I couldn't keep you safe. I still leave the light on where your boots once crossed the floor. The girl you called a hero still waits beside the door.