_{^{They say that every time one of your kind is born 
                                     the             gods           flip            a            coin.}} 

                       _{^{They held their breath when you emerged from your mothers frail womb,
                                      and haven’t breathed since.}} 

_{^{For here was a girl of ravens hair 
yet – ѕυηѕнιηє ѕкιη;}} 

                    _{^{of eyes that held more ɢᴏʟᴅ than Braavos
                                        – but still –
                           amethyst flecks shone through.}} 

                                                     _{^{You were bright, 
                                                               and brave, 
                                                                    and bold}}

                                                                             _{^{…and then they b r o k e you.}}

          _{^{The gods w e p t the day they kicked down your door,
          sure it would be your d o w n f a l l .}} 

                                      _{^{Lions came to feast on the most brilliant star in the sky –
                                      for the stags were now their allies, the dragons were extinct,}}

                                  _{^{and they thirsted for any b l o o d  they could find.}} 

_{^{They didn’t know that it would scorch their throat as it went down,
they didn’t know it would leave them with burned lips
and a mouthful of ᴀ s ʜ ᴇ s.}}

                                                      _{^{They forgot that you cannot swallow the sun.}} 

                         _{^{Here is the story of the coin that never stopped spinning.
        She took Greatness and Madness to her bed and called them ʟᴏᴠᴇʀs.}}

                      _{^{– daylight streaming through the windows one day,
                          curtains closed the next.}}                                     

                                                    _{^{The twins you were born under have names, darling;
                                                    life && death                                        light && dark.}}

                                           _{^{Both have taken a hand – you choose which one you let go of.}}

             _{^{But take heed – you have e q u i l i b r i u m in your extremes,
                         there is strength there.}}

_{^{You choose when the coin stops spinning. 
Your name is not your fate.}} 

                                                            _{^{{{ Don’t let history books define you. }}}}