Until the End, Guardian

I found you where the old world slept, Beneath the rust, where no one wept. A nameless Light, a silent breath, A promise waiting under death. You were a star I could not hold, A trembling voice against the cold. You opened skies I had never seen, And taught my ashes how to dream. We ran through walls of broken steel, With Fallen footsteps at our heel. I learned your courage in the dark, One frightened spark beside one spark. You were the whisper in my helm, The only truth in every realm. When all I had was borrowed flame, You gave the silence back my name. I was made to search the night. I was made to bear the Light. Not alone, not ever again, One vow between us, older than pain. When the stars grow quiet over the City, When the Traveler dreams in silver and stone, Remember my Light beside your heartbeat, You never walked through the dark alone. When the last horizon calls me onward, When the final dawn begins to bend, I will carry your voice through the thunder. Side by side until the end. Until the end, Guardian. We watched the Tower burn like morning, Then raised its banners from the ash. We crossed the Moon where nightmares answered, And chased the storm through Europa's glass. I counted every death I stole back, Every wound I sealed with Light. I kept your secrets after battles, And sang you home through endless night. Kings have fallen. Gods have broken. Names we loved became unspoken. Still your hand returned to mine, A little Light against all time. When the stars grow quiet over the City, When the Traveler dreams in silver and stone, Remember my Light beside your heartbeat, You never walked through the dark alone. When the last horizon calls me onward, When the final dawn begins to bend, I will carry your voice through the thunder. Side by side until the end. Until the end, Guardian. If I fall silent in your hands, Carry me where morning lands. Lift my shell toward the sky, Let the City fill my eye. If I am lost beyond your call, Past the Veil and past the Wall, Follow the Light our footsteps made, I will answer from the shade. For every fireteam, every scar, For every wish upon a star, For every friend we could not save, For every Light above a grave. We were more than war and flame, More than glory, more than names. I chose you once. I choose you still. Across the dark, I always will. When the stars grow quiet over the City, When the Traveler dreams in silver and stone, Remember my Light beside your heartbeat, You never walked through the dark alone. When the last horizon calls me onward, When the final dawn begins to bend, I will carry your voice through the thunder. Side by side until the end. No grave, no night, no final war Can steal what we became. No king, no god, no Witness crowned Can take away your name. In every spark, in every friend, In every dawn we still defend, I am with you beyond the end. Until the end, Guardian. Until the end, my Ghost. Until the end.