Wrecked Palace

<p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>One night was all it took for everything to change.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>From college student to guardian in a single breath.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>My siblings became my world.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>No time for date nights or romantic dreams.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>I traded quiet weekends for sleepless nights.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Giving my all to make sure they were cared for.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>But Griffin had a brokenness that called to me-one that mirrored my own.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Gruff and just a little bit reckless.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>He was the last thing I needed. But everything I wanted.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Only someone isn't happy about this new life I'm building.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Deciding to set fire to everything I hold close.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>And when the smoke clears there might be only ashes left behind...</span></p><p><br></p>