On The Mend

on the mend

my bed has your scent

laid out ‘long side your memory

it is simple

& beautiful

they sleep well there

but memory is safer than

the true body you

and nothing is 
solid 
as it seems

chorus

i can see you are

not quite breakable

but you can fold

and you can bend

there’s a tear here or there

a ripple on the surface of you

but not quite broken

you’re on the mend

i’d dive in

make a splash

but i resist the urge

to wrangle about with the

qualities that crack you

I’d take them all on

pin them down

but i don’t know my way

around

you

yet

that veil you cloak over

that soft boy of you

to the core i can see through

you drive a hard bargain

and it only gets tougher

so i keep my

edges on

sharpen my tongue

don't give 
too much away

and sure enough 
in the end

all said all done

and you beg 
for me to stay

chorus

you’ll see how

neither one is breakable

but we can fold

and we can both bend

there’s a tear here or there

a ripple on the surface of us

but not quite broken

we’re on the mend

© 2005 rennie