I am steel-hardened
Smelted by emotion and torment
Cried down into tears of molten silver
Poured with blood and crossed by knives
I am steel-hardened
Tested for strength, pushed to fracture
Forcing words to flow into one
The nightly desire to mix with gold
I am steel-hardened
Passed through the fire,
submerged under water; pulled, gasping back
Etched with designs that narrate an epic
I am steel-hardened