She got a letter from Canada, would not open it for days,

but when she did her face went so empty.
Marcus ripped his heart out twice before she’d look him in the eye.
He would have set himself alight for her to say alright

They thought a long time about a name but could not agree on one,

but when he came there was no argument.

They lived together for a while. It always took a lot to make her smile.
Often she thought of how one died and then one came alive