Robot

You challenge me  As as you chide my inner child  As you expose my empathy  Teach me tolerance Perfect my patience  While I insist this heart inside my chest is made of steel, cold forged in Rage  You persist that I am in fact made of skin and blood of warmth and love  How can I not open myself up to you?  You make it so easy  I want to give you everything in the universe has to offer  Allow me to lasso the moon for you

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