heart

Her eyes will make the heart shiver
then shatter completely
And you will wonder, heartbroken,
Have her eyes yet seen me?

Girl with six shooter
Makes my heart pause at the sight
Wish the gun was mine

Girl with six shooter
Shining like a deadly moon
But which stops my heart?

I am sorry I abandoned you
I should have been larger than my pain
I should have been greater than my pride
I turned away when I should have looked deeper
I deafened myself in defense
I should have offered to listen
My loyalty should have been to friendship
Not my over tender heart
But now
I am here
I am listening
I have grown beyond my pride
I have parted ways with old pain
I am your friend
Though I know you are not mine

When I see you
there is a silence in my heart
as if the very blood
Must stand in awe

And the blood
it stained her neck
And the tears
they stained her heart
And the night
it stained her soul

but for all the stains
at last she felt
vivid
full of color and life
at last