Bernard Snyder - 'Not Just Yet'

'Not Just Yet'
Sometimes I feel I'm running on empty
my heart has given all it can give,
it has been abused so many times before
at times I wonder how it still lives,
part of me would like to try love again
because there's so much I really miss,
but as soon as I feel I'm ready to commit
I realize my fears outweigh the risks,
so then I creep back into my little shell
and put my heart safely in it's cage,
I know I'll eventually give in one day
but right now I'm just too afraid!

Bernard Snyder

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