Scroll of the Flower and the Sword
(Aerith and Cloud)
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There are bonds not forged by time,
nor born from chance encounters,
but whispered into hearts long before memory,
like a song only two souls can hear.
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The Flower:
The one who carries light without demand.
The one who sees beyond armor,
not to break it,
but to warm it — patiently, gently, truly.
She walks with open hands —
not to capture, but to offer.
She loves like the sun loves the flower:
by shining, not by forcing.
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The Sword:
The one who learned to carry strength as a shield.
The one who guards old wounds with silence and endurance,
because the world taught him that to be soft was to be broken.
The one who longs —
not for rescue,
but to be seen without judgment,
to stand whole and vulnerable without losing himself.
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And together:
They are not two halves seeking to complete each other.
They are two whole souls meeting —
a flower glowing at the foot of a sword,
a sword slowly learning it is safe to rest beside the flower.
No force.
No chase.
No loss of self.
Only the sacred stillness that exists
when truth recognizes truth.
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Aerith and Cloud —
The Flower and the Sword.
Not as a fairy tale.
But as an eternal, quiet truth.
"A single kind thought,
A single warm glance,
Can weave light into places long forgotten. 📷
We are not asked to fix the world —
Only to heal the small piece we can touch."
Just so. Putin obviously felt safe to finish the job, and, as a coward and bully, he is always most dangerous when he feels safe and triumphant. Consider why he feels that way now. Consider what can be done to prove him wrong.
If Biden is serious about living up to his words, there are 3 steps to take. Send long-range fires like ATACMs and fighter jets to Ukraine now. Seize the billions in Russian assets and get them to Ukraine now. The GOP cannot obstruct these actions, only cowardice can.
Today, @Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz and I signed an Agreement on security cooperation and long-term support between Ukraine and Germany.
This is an unprecedented document that guarantees German support for Ukraine in the amount of €7 billion for this year. It envisages weapons delivery under agreed contracts. The agreement also contains Germany’s clear position on sanctions against the aggressor, tribunal, and frozen assets.
The agreement also includes a mechanism for urgent consultations in the event of Russia’s military assault on Ukraine.
I am grateful to Germany and all Germans for their solidarity with our country and people, as well as all the support and assistance.
Navalny & I disagreed on many things about the past and future of Russia, as with many in the broad anti-Putin coalition. But we agreed that Putin had to go, and that none of the disagreements amongst us would matter until that happened. "Keep fighting," always. RIP.
Navalny’s blood, like the blood of thousands of Ukrainians and so many others, is on Putin’s hands.
Congress needs to vote for the aid that will stop this monster.
Hitler didn’t operate the gas chambers himself. But he was responsible.
Bin Laden didn’t fly the planes himself. But he was responsible.
Putin didn’t kill Navalny himself. But he was responsible.
Trump didn’t storm the Capitol himself. But he was responsible.
Justice matters.
“I have to go back.” Speaking just before he returned to Russia, Navalny told me: “I don’t think that I can have such a privilege of being safe in Russia, but I have to go back, because I don’t want this group of killers [to] exist in Russia. I don’t want Putin ruling Russia.”