"Beautiful"

" Beautiful I am

That's what you always say

Your arms a shield of armor

When you're holding me this way

Yet a part of me dies every time

I hear those words you recite

Why can't you see

How broken I am inside

Beautiful you say, the blood only proves you wrong

There's just so much that time can not heal

The scars they say it all

Must I be so damned to feel

So many battles we've fought, so many battles we've lost

That's the price you pay for holding on so long

Our hearts ignoring the costs

But never quite defeating the odds

Rock bottom has brought me closer to the edge

In time your memories will fade and I know you will see

The biggest regret, the greatest mistake

You ever made was loving me

Someday I promise

You'll find someone new

Love this blood upon my hands

It's all for you

Beautiful I am

That's what you always say

Still a part of me dies, every time

You hold me this way "

I love this. In some way, I connect to this. The way she has described the brokenness of it all, WOW.

This is an extremely extremely beautiful poem written here by Crystal. You can go check out her poems and works of fiction at 'The Heart Of A Writer'.