The Sweetest Eyes I've Ever Seen

I'm so afraid to love--not just you--but anyone who gets too close

reaches out

touches the walls that I've built up around my heart

around my soul

I've known your kind before

known your love before

seen your eyes

seen that heart that left me fragile

left me weak

left me broken and thinking it was all a dream

To love is to lose.

I was a glass that sparkled in the sun

until you took me in your hands and tried to carve your name on me

but I could not take the pressure

I could not play your games

I faultered

I shattered into a million pieces that became nothing if not whole

Now I'm searching for each piece

on a journey to reconstruct the brokenness 

while you reappear promising to be different

saying you'd never hurt me

lying with those eyes that captivate me

that never let me go

Isn't this the same road I walked down once before?

And there you are

I knew you'd be here waiting for my return

But wait

I thought I'd searched here for the broken pieces

found what's all to find

but I'd overlooked what I left behind--you

you--standing where I left you

holding the missing piece

the rest of my heart

With you I can be complete

but it's never that easy

Do I take the chance and risk the fall?

Would you catch me

or runaway and leave me broken and alone?

My fear is not that I may love you

but that you may love me too

He used to sing

"My shadow's the only one that walks beside me"

and I thought it was the truth

my future

my destiny

But now I see you strumming my heart strings for all to see

promising me a whole new journey

and singing

"Yours are the sweetest eyes I've ever seen"