My Dearest Love,

By the time this reaches you,
I will be far from your side,
Wrapped in the heat of battle,
Fighting for a promise I made,
One that I intend to keep.

I know you wait for me,
With hope in your heart,
But I fear I will not return
As the man you dreamt of,
Or the knight you knew.
The blood of war has stained me,
And the weight of swords is heavy on my soul.

Yet, I fight—for you,
For the love that we share,
For the life we’ve yet to live.
I fight with the strength
That you’ve given me in your smile,
In your gentle words,
In the vision of your face
That haunts me in the quiet moments.

The battle rages around me,
The sound of clashing steel,
The cries of men fallen
And the roar of the enemy’s wrath.
But my thoughts are only of you,
Of the life we will build when this ends.

Should fate be unkind,
And I am lost in the shadow of this war,
Know that I fought until the bitter end,
For you, for us,
For a future that will never come—
Not here, not in this world,
But in the dream that lives between us.

If my name is spoken on the wind,
It will be the sound of my love for you,
A love that never fades,
A love that remains in the heart of the fight,
In the very air I breathe,
Until my last breath escapes.

Until we meet again,
I will carry you with me,
In every swing of my sword,
In every beat of my heart.

Forever yours,
Your Knight