Don't break my heart

I'm standing in front of you.
Battered, but not broken.
It isnt the way I'd have wanted to start,
But we don't always get to have that choice.

Yet here we stand. And my eyes are round with wonder.
Can it possibly be true? What makes me so special?
I want to ask, but you quiet me with a finger to my lips.
Your fingers brush my cheek. I know you are uncertain, too.

We touch, we talk.
We listen , we learn
We hope, we dream.
We share pasts, we share pains.

To believe is to take that leap of faith.
You said you were willing to, but don't make you wait.
See me now. I'm in front of you. No more waiting.
My hand is reaching for you. Please take it.

Yesterday is gone. It can't be changed.
Tomorrow is hidden, unknowable.
We have here and now.
I'm happy and content to spend it with you.

The sun is out, warm on our faces.
Take my hand, take my heart.
Let's find love, teach each other how to trust.
Let's make each other whole again.

As your fingers curl around my hand,
We have so much to give each other.
All I ask is the same that you ask of me,
Don't break my heart.