Valerie is on her own in a harsh and brutal future world, until she finally finds some allies she can trust. Now she'll do anything it takes to protect them, and to make sure she never ends up alone again.There are two poems here, the first of which is The Reign of Drops: I am a memory of my birth, and the sea of my being yearns for union with others people's seas.The second poem is The Dynamics of Growth: Will we water one another's buds so that they may blossom, or will we withhold and wilt in the light of being?No adult-only content.