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A Piece of Me For You To Hold
All my life I’ve been afraid
To let myself fall
To break down my walls
I took my broken pieces
And hid them underneath the soil
Placing crystal roses over top
Hoping to make a new me
The angel everyone saw
And the roots ensnared those shards
Like a cage,
Smothering them in lies
I was terrified
To let someone wander through
Because I thought
That they would unearth those shards
And pierce their skin
Feeding their blood into the ground
So I built up barriers
But one day
You dared to break past my walls
You tore up my crystal garden
Took my broken pieces
And grew them with loving hope
Watered them with tears
And this time
It was real, it was alive
A forest of lush wild plants
No longer empty and meaningless
And you took a shard for yourself
Threaded it and hung it next to your heart
And that one piece you kept
Is forever yours to hold
Forever yours to call your own
Forever yours to mold
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