Vulnerable (poetry)
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syren_ficVulnerable
If you would offer
Yourself
On my altar
You must understand
It isn't screams I want
Nor begging I crave
Don't give me this easy submission of mere flesh
From you, I demand something greater.
From you
I want nothing
Less than the whole of your heart
Not blood and tissue
Nor the one you wear on your sleeve
But the heart you keep hidden
Armoured against the world
Can you place it in my hands and trust me
to carry it
care for it
can you place it in my hands
and trust me
If you would offer
Yourself
On my altar
You must understand
It isn't screams I want
Nor begging I crave
Don't give me this easy submission of mere flesh
From you, I demand something greater.
From you
I want nothing
Less than the whole of your heart
Not blood and tissue
Nor the one you wear on your sleeve
But the heart you keep hidden
Armoured against the world
Can you place it in my hands and trust me
to carry it
care for it
can you place it in my hands
and trust me
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