she rides the wind, lays kisses on his lips as he falls asleep worlds away from where she had started from.
and she's whispering, heart screaming, because it hadn't hurt any less when he built castles between them. and if she could, she would, she'd ride the horses and the clouds and conquer his heart like she had with these lands.
but a warrior so brave, she was defeated by his hands that never held her.

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