• You caught my heart
    Bewildered, wondering why you held it now.
    I could only bow my head from your inquisition,
    Couldn't speak the thousand fragments
    Fighting to be "the reason".
    I raised my eyes enough to see
    You, fearful of spreading the poison
    Of feelings unrequited.
    I smiled, immunized by the knowledge
    That even if nothing was given in return,
    The receiver was deserving
    And the giver had no choice.
    You keep it on you, now,
    My heart safe in your honesty,
    It's not a velvet-lined box
    But better bruised than beaten.