Handle With Care
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I must be glass, packed away all bubble-wrap safe.
'Cause like a father you tell him "handle with care."
As if I had never been broken before him,
As if I had never been broken by your fear.
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I must be glass, already splintered yet complete.
Just fragile enough to need you to hold me up.
As if you had never seen me rise to my feet.
As if you had never seen me stand on my own.
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I must be glass, fine china too priceless to touch
Because you don't let him touch me with dirty flesh
As if you really believed a speck was a stain
As if you really believed yours were unblemished
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I must be glass, hand-spun and so quick to shatter
Because you were right, he did leave me in little shards
As if I were invisible, didn't matter
As if I were invisible, not worth goodbye
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I must be glass, reshaped by heat, forged strong again.
You are not him, you don't need to change, to renew
As if you could ever value something else more
As if you could ever forget my true value
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I must be glass, so transparent in every role
That you can see who I am underneath it all
As if you knew I had always been oh so whole
As if you knew I had always been more than whole
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I must be titanium and strong, fearless in
Everything because I know it ends if I'm not.
As if it had been possible that I could break
As if it had been possible that you wouldn't
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I must be titanium and worth trusting in
The face of struggle I've overcome in the past
As if your love could be the strongest of poison
As if your words could be the arrows tipped in it
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If the reverence of your soft touch was your meaning,
If it was this, your hands in mine, your soul and mine
If it was us this way and impenetrable
Then yes, please "handle with care", it's okay this time
A/N: It's a miracle there are 2 poems today. A literal miracle. This is inspired by Cal telling Burns to handle Gillian with care in 02x18.