Broken Places

did you know me

long ago

were we close

before the sorrow

if you thought of leaving any traces

I'll be sifting through the broken places

did I know you

once upon a time

you dreamed of me

and now I'm

searching for myself in strangers' faces

stumbling onto further broken places

she turns purple

am I blue

can't she fathom

what I do

trying to get in her better graces

touching her in all the broken places

I get crazy

not sure why

solace beckons

until I

go tearing off again on wild chases

crashing into same old broken places

I am young so

who's to say

but for now I

have no way

of knowing how much healing time erases

certain of these secret broken places

can't there be a

little breather?

our love is a

real seether

to sore hearts we plead our hapless cases

rendezvousing at the broken places

I love you for

all of this

struggling towards

happiness

when the chips are down we play our aces

hiding them in our broken places