"Not Broken"

The words that soak into our ears are whispered, not yelled

So I will speak quietly and tenderly to you

Every minute matters in this world where you reside

I can only try to hold you

You are the one who has to let me embrace you
Though your heart is in tatters

And your pride nurses its wound

Let the darkness take flight and hide nowhere withing you

Making all illusions scatter
Before this incoming tide of tears drown your ability to love
Complicated is a luxury you cannot afford to have

Move beyond these impossible moments

In the root of that effort is how you will survive

And I will continue to remind you always

That some things in life can be broken beyond repair

But you are not one of them.

© 2012