I’ve been doing it her whole life. Coddling her when she doesn’t need it. Shielding her when she never asks. And she lets me. She lets me pretend like I’m protecting her. She lets me suck up all her air so I can breathe. I don’t visit Rain because she needs me; I do it because seeing her always lifts whatever weight I’m carrying and makes me feel less like the monster I know I am.
