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My heart pounds She's dangerous A sadist, waiting to crack the whip A siren, whose voice I can't fight She warns me, and my broken heart screams for me to listen "You don't want to play this game" "I've broken everyone I've touched" But she can't rust a steel like mine. My armor is tested And I am unarmed So bring me close, and do your worst A hit, a stab in the back I will not break, bend or shatter So go ahead and try me Put your weight and trouble on my shoulders Take out your fears and anger on my back And I will show you what you need What you've been looking for all this time And maybe we'll both get out alive

Crack. Whiplash. Sudden jerk and halt Break. Shattered. A mirror hit with stone Fragments spider webbing outward And the warm silver of your love Oozes out of the cracks Until the fragments fall And you are left with nothing No reflection No redemption Black, blank, broken. And the sad crunching Of boots on broken glass As they walk away And leave you