Broken-hearted Warrior

He stares into the darkness,
looking,
like no other,
he searches deeply,
and finds what no other can,
he finds light,
flickering,
dying,
but stronger than any other,
he sees it like no other can.
As the snow falls,
icy loneliness closes its grasp on his heart,
but he stands,
with tears in his eyes,
he battles the darkness,
with fearsome eyes,
that seek only truth,
light in the dark,
warmth in the cold,
love in loneliness.
I see the pain,
he tries to hide,
he tries to smile,
even with the pain nestling in his stomach,
he holds tightly onto that light,
he nurtures what threatens to slip away,
he holds it to his mouth,
to feel the warm.,
to treasure the love,
to grow,
the pain never fades,
but as he nurtures the flame,
it grows,
leaving behind the memories that tortured it for so long,
it lets go of them,
to hold on to him,
where reality has warmed,
a broken heart.