& i can fix
a million things
[and your heart is one of them]
i can make you tea
make you breakfast
brush your hair
kiss your forehead
& tell you it’s all going to be
o
k
i can wrap my arms and legs around you
and crush you with empathy
let my tears drip down your forehead like anointing oil
or holy water
i can baptize you in a hundred things, i can burn you and
create anew from the ashes in my arms
i can let you fill my bones with your tears
my heart with your heartbreaks
my lungs with your sobs
my insides with your hurt
i can make you a thousand salves
and a hundred tinctures to keep you from hurting
but i can’t fix myself.
Nov 14, 2012
Nov 14, 2012 at 2:53 PM UTC
& i can fix
a million things
[and your heart is one of them]
i can make you tea
make you breakfast
brush your hair
kiss your forehead
& tell you it’s all going to be
o
k
i can wrap my arms and legs around you
and crush you with empathy
let my tears drip down your forehead like anointing oil
or holy water
i can baptize you in a hundred things, i can burn you and
create anew from the ashes in my arms
i can let you fill my bones with your tears
my heart with your heartbreaks
my lungs with your sobs
my insides with your hurt
i can make you a thousand salves
and a hundred tinctures to keep you from hurting
but i can’t fix myself.
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