I. SIXTEEN
They say they know me.
Gave me names—
hope, ruin, war.
But never asked
who lived beneath.
Truth is,
I’m still carving out that core.
They say they know me.
Gave me names—
hope, ruin, war.
But never asked
who lived beneath.
Truth is,
I’m still carving out that core.
They say they know me.
Gave me names—
hope, ruin, war.
But never asked
who lived beneath.
Truth is,
I’m still carving out that core.
What I am—
that’s never been a mystery.
I’m a threat.
Not because I strike first,
but because I won’t step back.
Because I don’t break where I’m told to.
And they know—
I’d torch the village
to save a child.
What I am—
that’s never been a mystery.
I’m a threat.
Not because I strike first,
but because I won’t step back.
Because I don’t break where I’m told to.
And they know—
I’d torch the village
to save a child.
What I am—
that’s never been a mystery.
I’m a threat.
Not because I strike first,
but because I won’t step back.
Because I don’t break where I’m told to.
And they know—
I’d torch the village
to save a child.
They feel it when I enter.
A stillness—
like the moment before a storm
decides what kind of day it wants to be.
Not fear,
not reverence—
the weight of the unwritten.
They can’t tell
if I’ve come
to bring the dawn
or bury the light.
They feel it when I enter.
A stillness—
like the moment before a storm
decides what kind of day it wants to be.
Not fear,
not reverence—
the weight of the unwritten.
They can’t tell
if I’ve come
to bring the dawn
or bury the light.
They feel it when I enter.
A stillness—
like the moment before a storm
decides what kind of day it wants to be.
Not fear,
not reverence—
the weight of the unwritten.
They can’t tell
if I’ve come
to bring the dawn
or bury the light.
It’s not what I might do
that unsettles them—
it’s that I won’t flinch.
The math is already done.
And when the moment comes,
I won’t hesitate.
I’ll choose—
and let the world
live with it.
It’s not what I might do
that unsettles them—
it’s that I won’t flinch.
The math is already done.
And when the moment comes,
I won’t hesitate.
I’ll choose—
and let the world
live with it.
It’s not what I might do
that unsettles them—
it’s that I won’t flinch.
The math is already done.
And when the moment comes,
I won’t hesitate.
I’ll choose—
and let the world
live with it.