[ti:Dear Pastel Family] [ar:] [al:] [01:21.80]i dwell in hopeless empathy [01:25.80]a blessing and a sin [01:29.19]the curses of my father [01:33.75]the constable who lived [01:37.66]a youth of power and illness [01:42.77]his struggle and his cure [01:46.08]was the woman i had broken [01:50.27]her heart could long endure [01:54.29]paternal chill and children [01:58.55]a house of prayer and pain [02:03.08]so for this family of strangers [02:08.16]i've love and strong disdain