
“We have not touched the stars, / nor are we forgiven, which brings us back / to the hero’s shoulders and the gentleness that comes, / not from the absence / of violence, but despite / the abundance of it.”

“We have not touched the stars, / nor are we forgiven, which brings us back / to the hero’s shoulders and the gentleness that comes, / not from the absence / of violence, but despite / the abundance of it.”

Shattered but our dreams remain intact…