my teacher asked me to draw a perfect heart,
and gave me instructions about how to stay in the lines...
but the only heart i've ever known is broken, dented and aching.
there's a hole in the center that has been bleeding for 17 years
there's a bruise from that boy in the ninth grade liked
someone else.
it turned black when i was 15 to match my emotions
there's a piece missing from when you left three months ago.
it shrunk when i gave you my heart and it was left out to die,
it aches every single night, but it somehow pulls itself back
together while i sleep.
so sorry if its edges are too rough, and the color isn't right.
sorry if the beats don't match up and it no longer works the same.
i'm sorry if my heart isn't perfect, and it's only worth a C+,
but it's the only heart i know
and i wouldn't take away a single scratch