steady

 
cut my bleeding heart it hurts to feel
bleeding out I faint
my love so intense it hurts

memories of you keep flooding my mind
dreams grow and broken sincerity takes its place
I put you on my altar of love
serenading your dignity
caressing your honor

the reality is you're just a wish
I give of myself
but i'm not what you desire

I never had the potential
but to covet thoughts of us
in the shadowy day I was your woman
internalizing my lonely thoughts

I linger in your heart
a woman like me can be hard to forget
you've been tender to me
accepted my flaws so gently

I met your intelligence
with intelligence of my own
I reach to you when I need to steady my thoughts

you stay so quiet but in this you say so much
my essence collects with yours
and in the quiet I can still dream of a place you and I work