Elements Enchanted

No banners wave, no voices cheer,
Yet wars are waged we do not hear.
The fiercest fights are fought alone,
In hearts that bear the weight unknown.

She rises when the world feels cold,
A warrior draped in quiet gold.
Her body aches, her spirit sways,
Yet grace still carries her through days.

A storm within, yet none can see,
She walks with strength, silently.
Not for applause, nor for display,
But for the love that lights her way.

A breath, a pause, a whispered prayer,
A moment stolen from the air.
To stand, to stay, to hold the line,
To fight the war within the mind.

And though the weight may press so deep,
She smiles, she stands, she does not weep.
For heroes walk where none may know,
And in the dark, their courage glows.