Given

Given/

You look at me with a soft smile
Holding something worth my while
A red creature with a fragile soul
The only thing that makes you whole

You set it gently in my arms
Trusting me to keep it safe from harm
It beats softly, seeming sound asleep
Keeping rhythm with my own heart’s beat

What did I do to deserve your heart?
I’ve been so unsure right from the start
I’m lost in the cold of my own self-doubt
Kept safe and warm by you’re hearts pulsing shout

Your words are like fire running through my veins
Warming my heart and erasing its stains
Healing the wounds of my broken soul
Returning the love that others stole

I shift your heart into my right arm
Cradling another cold and calm
I hand you mine without a second thought
Grateful that it was my love you sought