i.   It is okay to try. You weren’t born
to let your muscles rest and close your eyes
for a hundred years. I may be here to kiss you
awake but it is okay to stay alive and try.

ii.  There is nothing wrong with falling
with your eyes closed just because you don’t
know if a pair of arms will catch you.
(But of course I will.)

iii.  It is okay to bleed. We were born with a sword
but not a shield and I suppose wounds
are nothing but proofs that we are weak.
We are weak and doomed and perhaps
the only mark we could ever leave is the stain
of our blood—aside from scars.

iv.  Yes, you may fall for broken things and no,
it is not your fault you can’t fix them. Some are born
with faults between their eyes but that
doesn’t make them see the world any less clearly.

v.  It is okay to love someone broken,
as I love you.
It is okay to love yourself.

vi. It’s okay not to see the beautiful girl
you wish to see when you look in the mirror.
Sometimes I wish you could see through my
eyes and believe me when I tell
you how beautiful you are.

vii. It’s not your fault you find it hard to
believe in many things, now. Your bones have started
to crack for all the lies you keep that are wishing
to come out, but it’s not your fault you like
to keep them inside. We all have stories we dare not
tell.

viii. I won’t promise you anything. Our hearts are just
as broken as our promises, and homes would do way better
without another piece of another broken thing.

ix.  We’re all just broken souls seeking
wholeness in each other’s broken arms.
I think the reason why I have this broken heart
is that you have the other half.

x.  We’re doomed to die and destined to be whole.
But if I can only be whole with someone else,
then I’d rather stay broken with you.