" Please let him be soft.I know you made him
with gunmetal bones
and wolf's teeth.
I know you made him to be
a warrior
a soldier
a hero.But even gunmetal can warp
and even wolf's teeth can dull
and I do not want to see him break
the way old and worn and overused things do.I do not want to see him go up in flames
the way all heroes end up martyrs.I know that you will tell me
that the world needs him.
The world needs his heart
and his faith
and his courage
and his strength
and his bones and his teeth and his blood and his voice and his -
The world needs anything he will give them.Damn the world,
and damn you too.
Damn anyone that ever asked anything of him,
damn anyone that ever took anything from him,
damn anyone that ever prayed to his name.
You know that he will give them everything
until there is nothing left of him
but the imprint of dust
where his feet once trod.
You know that he will bear the world like Atlas
until his shoulders collapse
and his knees buckle
and he is crushed by all he used to carry.Dear God,
you have already made an Atlas.
You have already made an Achilles and an Icarus and a Hercules.
You have already made a sacrificial lamb of your Son.
You have already made so many heroes,
and you can make another again.
You can have your pick of heroes.So please, I beg you -
he is all that I have,
and you have so many heroes
and the world has so many more.
Let him be soft,
and let him be mine.Please, let him be happy "
- by: pencap [ Sylvie j.p. ]
" you showed me "
" what love should be like "
" she's like an open book
everyone thinks they know her
but some pages are torn
the parts she doesn't let anyone see
the parts that i have seen
the parts i don't want anyone else to see
and perhaps that's selfish
but i want to know most about her forever
i want to memorize every page of her book
every word
i want to hold her the way you hold a book
with a certain delicacy
the way one knows never to step over a book
though she has let people step over her
but as long as i live
i won't let that happen any more
because i'll hold her the way every book deserves to be held
her spine is broken
one too many times
cracks, tears
but i'll trace my fingers over her spine
and try to heal her
i'll hold her pages that are torn
and put them back into her book
because they make her her
wether or not she's proud of them
because i am proud of each page
torn or not torn "- by: @ onenightafewmoonsago
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