Safe Keeping

I want to be able to tell you that when it’s late at night,

And I want to go do something exciting ,

Or rebellious .

You’d be the one I want to call,

But how is that fair?

You put your heart on the line and I pulled mine in for safe keeping.

I was scared .

I am scared .

Because the truth is,

If I let you into my broken battered heart,

It would be yours,

And unfortunately, I can’t risk it .

Because afterwards,

There would be nothing left of that broken and already battered heart.