Only Love Can Break The Strongest Man

ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK THE STRONGEST MAN

He carried storms like feathers,
Held thunder in his hands,
He faced the worst of living,
Yet never failed to stand.

No enemy could frighten him,
No hardship made him bend,
He wore his scars like medals,
And made his pain a friend.

He built a wall around him,
Too high for grief to climb,
Then love arrived so softly,
And slipped inside with time.

She touched the hidden places
No battle ever knew,
And every locked-up feeling
Began to let her through.

He gave her all his silence,
His dreams, his secret fears,
She found the boy still hiding
Behind his hardened years.

Her laughter filled his mornings,
Her kiss became his plan,
And loving her made gentler
The hardest kind of man.

But love is not a soldier,
It does not always stay,
Sometimes it changes seasons,
Then quietly walks away.

She left no wound upon him,
No bruise the world could see,
Just half a promised future
Where all their love should be.

He tried to wear his armour,
But memories slipped inside,
For steel can stop an arrow,
Not grief he cannot hide.

The strongest man can battle
Through hunger, hurt and war,
Yet crumble at an empty chair
Beside a silent door.

So when you see him crying,
Do not call him weak,
Love has found the only place
That strength could never reach.

No war could ever break him,
No cruelty ever can,
For only love can reach inside
And break the strongest man.