Reciprocate

As I understand, it bloomed in your past And lulled false security, teased the strings Of your heart, cleaved through your immunity, A hot blade through butter, Then cast you aside, trod your love in the gutter. Now armed with defences, tripwire nerves, A shield of emotion, impregnable fears Of history repeating, draped 'round your dreams So they may not shatter And I cannot break through to the heart of the matter. Though I would not hurt you, how can you know And reciprocate blindly, open the windows To your soul, relinquish the armoury And let me be heard: I bequeath you my love, my promise, my word...