Broken Girl

I waited for you to draw near my beauty was only veneer you asked me to love and I could not not as I ought I knew I would bring unhappiness and I have turned away from you because to bring you pain sears my soul , I am not whole but I am a hole , empty without you I am to broken to hold what you give , it leaks through me like a sieve I cannot hold it I have lost it and it is gone So I carry on would that I could have stayed unafraid , that my touch could harm you , to my alarm and I slipped by you at last I am your past COPYRIGHT © 2009 C Michael Miller