Hyacinth. Please forgive me.

“I would keep her, and raise her, and love her, even if she had to teach me how …”

“For eight years I dreamed of fire. Trees ignited as I passed them; oceans burne…”

“Non mi fido, come la lavanda. Mi difendo, come il rododendro . Sono sola, come …”

“Over time, we would learn each other and I would learn to love her like a mothe…”