My Heart

Be very careful and patient with me because I
Have a fragile heart. I know that it has been
Broken and beaten, but I expect you to be that guy

I should trust it with completely. You have seen
The mess it is with all the blood that people left behind,
But you will water it until it is lush and green.

You miss the way our fingers used to be intertwined
Whenever we were together. It is showing me
That you are trying to be a gentle and kind

Person to my fractured and damaged soul. I can see
It in your eyes that you truly care.
You are doing more than setting me free

Like everybody else before. I do not always share
What is within my heart because I have been hurt
That way before. You are always the one who is there

To make things right. You do not need to unbutton my shirt
To get a better view of the one thing I hold dear
And close within my chest. You never need to avert

Your eyes to see my vulnerability. I sometimes fear
That you will do what others have done to me before,
But somehow you are different. You hear

Me as well as see me. You are the one to restore
My faith and hope in everything again.
You make my heart race and soar

To new heights. You are breaking this chain
That used be set around my heart to protect it.
I am seeing that you come in before the rain

Begins and start just like you see me grit
My teeth when I cannot bear it anymore. You know
That I do not settle and also know that I flit

Around like a butterfly because I am scared. You show
Me that I am not alone in how I feel. You are afraid too,
So when I say I count on you, I do. I will throw

Myself into your arms and somehow you
Will keep me there. You have a firm grip
On my heart because it is yours. We cannot undo

This because we cannot just let this slip
Away like before so I hope that we hold onto each
Other tightly. You will not be the one to rip

Me apart into pieces. You will always reach
Out to my guarded heart. We got so much to teach.