A Heart with Empty Pages

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My tired eyes stare into yours--

I'm praying now

for this moment to endure

I ask for just a little bit longer

to lie, pressed against your chest

these tiny moments

leave me so refreshed

But I'm scared to lose myself in you

terrified you'll hurt me,

but you offer kisses in lieu

how could you love a girl like me

someone who doesn't deserve your kindness

I'm haunted by my past

and these memories are timeless

I can't escape what used to be

and I can't change

what happened to me

but when I lie next to you

in your warm safe bed

I lose all thought of his hands 

and think of yours instead

Take me away from all my troubled thoughts

and ease my aching mind

you untie all my woes and knots

and you erase all the darkest parts

freeing my weary soul 

from what he had hidden in my heart