I love you,

You and your twisted briar heart,

Your cold heart,

Your stone heart,

Betrayed and hardened by the years,

Ugly and encrusted in ice.

I love you,

You and your shortcomings,

Your flaws,

Your failures,

Molded and fouled by the world,

That left you all but weary of it.

I love you,

You and all that is on your shoulders.

I love you,

You and every scar.