always running.
No one to turn to,
no one to trust.
For he is changed,
forever changed,
and there is no way
to go back,
to go home.
The young man
turns to harshness.
Learns to fight
as he never fought before
And hides the pain,
the loneliness,
the fear,
deep inside.
And the hunted
becomes the hunter.
Death becomes his life.
Until kindness
cracks the surface.
Compassion
breaks the shell.
New hope,
new life,
new home.
The lion sheds his thorn
and offers out his paw….
To friendship
