Heart Handprints

when everything is going wrong
and no one's around
I know that you'll catch me
as I fall
and I'm thankful
because
I'm no trapeze artist
and sometimes
my wings don't work
sometimes
I drop like a rock
sometimes
well, every time,
I can't catch myself.

and you've been there before.
you've knelt with me
wiped my tears away
held me close
showered me with love
and finger kisses.

I hope that I'm there for you
to listen to you
to kneel with you
to wipe your tears away.
I hope that you'll let me.

because I've learned so much from you.
you have made me who I am.
you have been one of the few
who have shaped me.
taken my broken heart
and mended it.
picked up the pieces
poured some of yourself into it
sewed it back together.
you have left your fingerprints
your handprints
on me
inside me
and I'm glad.

I want to give you so much in return.
girl, I love you.
and I promise,
I will never forget all you've done.
I will never forget you, girl.
because I can't.

you are a part of me.

<3

-A Christmas gift for my "sister". She's done so much for me.-