Paper Heart

Paper Heart

Heart made of paper

delicate and easily torn

worn on my sleeve

since the day that I was born

So I have learned to run

to care but disconnect

for there are men in this world

only out there to collect

they gather hearts made of paper

to crumple and destroy

will play you like violin

then toss you like an old toy..

I must protect my paper heart

for it can so easily tear

so much beauty lies within

if only treated with care

Soft hands that hold it

gently and with love

my paper heart will open

as the sky does up above

So unfold it slowly

without tearing it apart

and you will reap the benefits

of my fragile paper heart....