And now 50,000 war cadets would cower at this small brunette. To my surprise, not 6 feet high, who’d reach and grab the moon, if I should ask, or just imply that I wanted a bit more light, so I could look inside his eyes, and get the colors just right. I spent a long time calling all my parts by evil nicknames, and I told myself they hate me too. But you spent a long time, tending to a home that’s burning in flames and your patience made me love you. Build love, build god, build promises build calluses, then build provinces ’cause I have found somebody who would build life, then demolish it.
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