They'll demonized you, darling.
The only thing monsters seek to do
is make more monsters.
I beg you, do not let them transform you,
do not let the morph you into someone
you don't recognize,
into a face I once knew but lost.
There is no end to the cost you will pay
for their deeds,
for I watch as men cast seeds of hate
into the hearts of other men,
I watch those seeds take root and flourish,
and I weep.
Take care to guard your humanity,
that is what they are searching for.
Be as human as you can be,
and let them see it. All of it.
Your beauty and weakness,
let them rejoice in your failures
only to weep at your victory.
My dearest love, do not bend for them,
do not bow to them,
for they will rip your soul out
of your weak and exposed back and yield it,
Use your smile to cause heart attacks
and your love to break the world.
They will demonize you, darling, they will.
For if you give them your smile
they will steal your teeth
and if you offer them a hint of devotion
they will own your soul.
The only way to remain human is to be deliberate in staying so.
And in knowing that they may bring you low, have confidence that it is for that very reason that you will not be them.
It is wise to fear them,
but not to let that fear
give them power over you.
Find the line and be mindful of it.
And above all,
Love.
It is the one thing they cannot touch,
the one chink in their armor,
the single flaw in their plan.
Love, my darling, before they demonize you, love so they cannot.
Love loudly and boldly and boundlessly
so that they may see it and despair.
And do not do it to conquer them.
(There is so much I wish to say)
Striving to win can make beasts
out of good intentions.
Love to redeem and save and protect those
who have no advocate.
Love the objects of their attention,
love hard with purpose
and let it beam from your eyes that they you think they are worth it.
And my dear, when they see it and believe it, the beasts will demonize no more.
SK
