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Character: River Schwarz

Notes:  River Schwarz is a sixteen-year old son of Prometheus that has recently faced a intense heartbreak when, while on a quest, his boyfriend is killed by the hydra. He was always a bit suicidal and insecure but his faults were greatly exaggerated after Luke's death and he doesn't really see the point of living anymore. Luckily, after he returned to Camp, he found his long-lost older sister, Monika Schwarz, who gives him light in his dark life and a reason to live. This poem was written in one of his darkest moments and he wrote it as a final and thank you letter to his sister but eventually, after he wrote it, decided against killing himself and recited the poem to her in person. He also talks with a stutter since he doesn't like people's attention on him.

Poem:

 Kiss My Wounds 

L-life is never the same, 

''It is a-always just like a game. ''

Unexp-pected moves everyday, 

Truthfully, I hate no-not having a say, 

In what the F-fates plan and do, 

''And whom they kill too. ''

<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">But we must a-all be thankful, 

<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">Since we all h-have a tankful, 

<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">Of people who l-love us and care, 

<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">And remind us not to d-dare, 

<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">To p-p-perish at our own hands, 

<p style="text-align: center;">''<span style="mso-bidi-font-size:0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">And go to the U-underlands. ''

<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">For a life with no lover is best, 

<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">Than eternal torture without rest, 

<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">And a life with a s-sister, 

<p style="text-align: center;">''<span style="mso-bidi-font-size:0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">Is bright and b-beautiful. ''

<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">L-love you Monika