2am

my heart is broken
not from a guy or some lost love
just broken
like one great, big stress fracture
i keep putting a band-aid on
to hold the pieces together.

it hurts when people handle it too roughly and drop it
leaving chips and scratches
it hurts everyday and the band-aids no longer hold
there's a piece missing
and i don't know where it went
so now to add to the cracks and chips
there's a void
cold and lonely
and i can't find anything to fill it with.

so, please, be careful with my heart
i don't think i can take much more.