Unrequited Love Affairs

Broken Places

Broken places live in my heart

That may never mend again

Like a shattered fixture

Made of glass

Pieced together as one

The most transparent of glue

Cannot conceal the cracks

Laced with intricate memories

Of lovers lost

Places left behind

And things passed away.

No blood of Christ

Redeems the scars

Though healing may enter in

Questions of possibilities run

Of loving once more

One who has known no hurt

And has yet to learn distrust

The innocent naivete

That openly gives

Warmly welcomes

Into unbroken places

That are so delicately fragile.

If you offer me your heart

Know that mine comes without guarantee

Carry it carefully

One last break will destroy

Hopelessly beyond repair

Don't accept if it's too heavy

Don't hold if you're not sure how

If you think that you might break it

Hand it back to me

So I can slam it

Against the concrete.

Then I'll be the only one who killed me.