I gave my heart to you

I gave my heart to you
packaged it up in bows and ribbons
and moments filled with all consuming joys
and lent it- as a long term offering- to you
given, if so desired, for a life time
a life term

I would have gladly sacrificed my dreams
to build a monument to your own

given my last breath if you had want or need

I would have loved you
like no other can or would or will

given my all to make you my everything.


but it still would not have been enough

to the depths of the sea
or to the height of the stars
beyond imagination or actuality
my love was without end or bounds

I gave my heart to you
knowing that you would only break it
gave it anyway because it was you
and my heart desired pain over practicality

I built my castle in the sky
tethered by my hope of your love
and watched hope falter and fail
under the weight of obligations

and now here i lie
alone in these complications
mind muddled by reality
every thought clouded by you

I gave my heart to you
and now i take it back
bruised, battle weary and bloodied
forevermore to sound a broken beat