after all these years spent

a statue waiting for a lover

eroding under the rains

and made dark by cloud cover

time would have succeeded at destroying me

I was built only to wither away

but fate changed in an instant

when I was found by the girl in gray

she came and cleared off the ivy leaves

she looked at me like I was her own

like I was somehow beautiful

despite my heart of stone

she kissed my lips gently

and the scales fell from my eyes

my rough surface fractured with each movement

scaring away the butterflies