I'm soon to be a father,
and now the wind seems
to cut through me like a razor.
I will soon have a daughter:
there is no greater fear
or awe in this world
than embracing the aura
of a newborn child.
My hands will shield her
like two great wings,
and I will protect her
always,
because there is no greater commodity
in this world
than innocence,
and hungry jaws savour the taste.
But if tyrants want to prostitute
the innocence of my kin,
they will find a rumbling mountain
in this man.
Come stand puny at my feet,
as this mountain flower
I hold aloft,
open to the light,
hungry for the sun.
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