He was young
White and tall, long hair
Flat face, almost no expression

He talked calmly
Deeply
Beyond his age

He worked in the farm when his friends were still going crazy at a party
He witnessed his father cheated on his mother
When his friends were having their first love
He grew old sooner than most of his friends

But his laugh was loud
Almost like a kid
And he is a kid
At least to me

Not until I learned what he did to his lover
Making a Christmas tree for she never experienced Christmas as her father left her since she was a baby
And now for her birthday, he is preparing a performance as she is a dancer
Rehearsal every night
Get yelled at as she feels he is too busy and does not have enough time for her
For this he only said “I’ll take what it takes to make her happy.”

Is he acted beyond his age?
Or it is a pure love most kids still have?
After all, he is still young
Only twenty
Half of my age

Do I even have half of his patient and passion to make the one I love happy?
Do I even have the courage to love, after what I have been through, like he does after all he has been through?

Do I?