You can not break my heart,
That happened years ago.
You can only bring some pain
From memories you don't know.
From time to time I had new loves
That tore the wounds anew,
But the ones that really broke my heart
have thankfully been few.
No, you can not break it,
It's pieces are too small.
Besides you can't get to it,
It's protected by a wall.
But my greatest hopes as we grow close,
Is that you have the power
To enter as I call to you,
And we talk for hour and hour.
I've savored every word you wrote
And reread every line
In prayer that that fine heart you give
May some day be only mine.
I've heard your voice far too few times
In discreet recorded greating.
The messages were far too short
and their memories now are fleeting.
Standing injured on loves battlefield,
You watch one leave your view
While alone I stand some distance off,
Watching only you.
My weapons and my shield are gone,
I've little energy.
From this cursed battlefield
I need you to carry me.
But your old love is much nearer
And despite the hurts you've known,
You seek to follow as it leaves
You waiting there alone.
But you need only let it go
And quietly turn and see
That even tho there's struggles yet,
I'm offering; take me.