Bleeding Heart

I heard what your lips were saying 

But your eyes spoke louder

Screaming eyes 

Shouting at the top of their lungs

Forcing me to see

Beyond the words

The samples 

The stories

It was your eyes that told the truth 

The pain within was deeper than mere flesh

For these stabs 

Had dug so deep that your heart was bleeding

Spilling out of your eyes like rain drops

I'm listening 

I can hear you 

Never have you been this vulnerable 

Letting me in and undressing your love

Removing guards only for a moment 

I could see you

The person hiding behind the love for others

The care of tending to others needs 

I saw your bleeding heart exposed 

How ignorant I must have been 

To not see all of this before 

But how was I supposed to know

Never did you let me this close

And as soon as I took notice 

The walls were rebuilt

Thicker than street pavement 

Placed behind barbed wire

And a crooked smile...

If only you'd lend me your eyes again 

And we could work on your smile again 

Not the one on your face 

But the one in your heart 

Reassemble the broken pieces 

And restore you from the ruins...

If only...

If only...

I could see you again