From Valek to Yelena

You started with a look, so weak and pathetic,
Insignificant compared to the others,
Then I got to know you.

You didn’t rely on looks or strength,
You used knowledge and skill,
I watched you work,
Soaring through every task assigned,
When you crashed down to hell,
I watched you pull yourself right back up.

I was amazed by how quickly I fell,
Off my steady ice perch, down to the precarious little wire,
I stood there with you,
You danced and twirled around me,
When I reached out you stepped back,
It hurt me to see,
I healed me to know why.

I held you through all our dark times,
While you wanted to die,
You stayed for me,
You have slipped under my skin,
Invaded my blood,
And seized my heart,
You have truly poisoned me.