A joy hard-learned in winter was the warming of the bed
You'd shake for minutes there and move your legs
You'd shake for minutes there and move your legs
Just tell me what's wrong, and we'll fix it.
Sure, because it was that simple - because anything was that simple anymore. Snorting, Koa shakes his head, further supporting the image of a skittish creature who can't be subdued. He was supposed to protect her, supposed to keep her safe. He's her brother, her defender, her hero.
"No, we won't." How does he ever look in her eyes, to tell her he's failed to save her from a danger she can't even accept she's in?
He can't look at her. He can't keep it together anymore. Koa's voice is barely a whisper, hoarse and breaking in the cold. "Noe... you've been infected by the Family." Maybe, he thinks, the logical mind that both delights and irritates him will understand. Maybe Noe will be able to see the pieces and the picture they paint, even if she can't comprehend exactly where the danger lies.
Sure, because it was that simple - because anything was that simple anymore. Snorting, Koa shakes his head, further supporting the image of a skittish creature who can't be subdued. He was supposed to protect her, supposed to keep her safe. He's her brother, her defender, her hero.
"No, we won't." How does he ever look in her eyes, to tell her he's failed to save her from a danger she can't even accept she's in?
He can't look at her. He can't keep it together anymore. Koa's voice is barely a whisper, hoarse and breaking in the cold. "Noe... you've been infected by the Family." Maybe, he thinks, the logical mind that both delights and irritates him will understand. Maybe Noe will be able to see the pieces and the picture they paint, even if she can't comprehend exactly where the danger lies.
Koa Carpenter
Wrap the blanket over you and keep your head within
Let your breath heat the air until you'd feel it getting thin
Let your breath heat the air until you'd feel it getting thin
