Sleep now
Rest those tear soaked eyes that reflect like pools the pain I've caused you
Dream of me.... Only better
So that when you wake you might gaze upon me with a glimmer of hope
That I may see the dreamy image of the man you wished I was as you try to hold on to that which will never be
Before the sleep fades into mirrors once more

Sleep now
So that I might see you peaceful
A reminder of a youth who's ignorance left her blind to how flawed my nature really was
A man child who was never careful enough to hold a love so delicate
With clumsy fingers I tried to fix all the things my hands had broken
To restore beauty to a young woman's world

I shattered it all
and left you alone to pick up the pieces

Sleep now
and remember a time when I made your world whole
A time in which your eyes would alight with a passion that cast both our shadows on my wall
When your tender gaze held no hint of future reflections
And your blissful nearsightedness made you believe I was worthy of such as you

How could you have been so wrong?

I should sleep now
So I won't hear the sounds of you leaving
The fragile silence you left behind
Broken only by fingers filled with a practiced grace searching for what once was theirs
Grasping at the shape you left

I need sleep now
I will dream of you... Only better
Of a time absent of broken fragility
Of a time when I still held your hope