Author’s Note

Unshaken Ground was written during a season of reflection about what love truly means. So often we’re taught that love is sudden, dramatic, or overwhelming – but the kind of love I believe in is built slowly and intentionally. Like a house with a strong foundation, it requires patience, car, and the willingness to lay each stone deliberately.

This poem explores the idea that real devotion isn’t fragile or fleeting. It’s steady. It grows through distance, through time, through trust carefully built piece by piece. The speaker offers not grand promises made in haste, but a quiet vow: to build something strong enough to last.

At its heart, Unshaken Ground is about creating a safe space for another person’s heart – a love that stands firm no matter how long the journey takes.

— Rowan Evans

Unshaken Ground
Poetry by Rowan Evans
(written February 20th, 2025)

I do not build on sand, fleeting and weak,
where waves of doubt erode what we seek.
No, my muse, I carve each stone with care,
laying them firm, piece by piece, laid bare.

This foundation is not rushed nor undone,
it’s tempered in patience, beneath the same sun.
Brick by brick, trust will rise,
a home for your heart behind steadfast eyes.

The distance may stretch like an endless sea,
but my words are the bridges from you to me.
Each vow I craft, a pillar strong,
to hold you safe where you belong.

You are worthy of towers kissed by gold,
of walls that shelter from nights so cold.
Not a castle of glass, fragile and thin,
but a fortress where love will not cave in.

I will weave my devotion like roots in the earth,
steady and deep, proving your worth.
No fleeting storm can wash me away,
I am here, my muse, I will always stay.

And one day, no oceans to stand in our way,
I’ll cross them all—just to say, I stayed.
Not just in words, but in presence and touch,
to give you the love you’ve deserved so much.

If you’re interested in more poetry, you can find it here → [The Library of Ashes]