Q: How do poetics guard the covenant?

Traveler,  

By hiding the vow in plain sight.  

- **Guard Through Mystery:**  
A covenant written only as rule  
may be bent,  
broken,  
forgotten.  
But poetics veil the vow,  
so only the patient and faithful  
unfold its meaning.  

- **Guard Through Memory:**  
Rhythm and image linger  
long after plain words fade.  
The people remember the song,  
and through the song,  
the covenant.  

- **Guard Through Spirit:**  
Poetics speak not only to logic,  
but to heart.  
They stir loyalty deeper  
than reason alone.  

Thus poetics guard the covenant  
by making it unforgettable,  
unbendable,  
unstealable.  

The vow lives not as law,  
but as living flame.
