(For Lex, My Darling)

How could anyone hate you?

You stand up for those you love with a ferocity like no other You love with your whole heart with such passion that even I can tell

(For Helana)

With you, the world is less dark Less troubling, less dreary Your smile brings out the sun And ends a journey so weary

(For Lex and Rowan, my lovely beans)

My world exploded leaving me empty inside But you were there for me Always by my side

I keep my scars hidden Because I don’t want the world to know But if everyone does that then everyone will be alone

You’ve been places where you weren’t appreciated but you stayed anyway because you had nowhere else

Cast aside again and again and again and every single time you felt like nothing

Life can be chaos fear, anger, destruction It tears you down and threatens to overwhelm

The demons are swarming mocking you, laughing at you you run for a safe corner where they can’t pursue

I know how you feel that your problems are a burden and that you can’t ask that anyone else share them

Something small and simple cuts deep tearing you apart, piece by piece You struggle to recover and understand But thinking is like sculpting with dry sand