By JimmyLee

© 2008 James Lee Smith

20081124

I keep pulling all the pieces back together

Hoping no one else will see they’re falling to the ground

But more and more of them I just can’t seem to hide

And little shards stick in my hands

Now and then I’ve let a piece spew from my lips

I feel the jagged glares that people cast my way

Inside my mouth I feel the sting of cuts and rips

The pain is more than I can stand

In my path I leave a trail of shattered soul

No longer have the strength to sweep them up

The biggest pieces I still keep hidden in my hold

I long to pour them out on the sands

If I could give you all my heart and all my dreams

And you would still be here beside me at the end

I would shatter into pieces at your feet

And then come together whole again