every time

every time your heart breaks,
it gets a little clearer
every time your hand shakes
(whether it’s from fear or anger)
but you move slowly forward,
you move closer to your heart:
your broken heart;
your broken-open heart

every time your heart breaks,
it gets a little clearer
every time your heart breaks,
let it break open every time your heart breaks,
feel it! feel it, feel it!
every time, every time, every time
so many times—

who would you be if your heart were constantly breaking open?
clearly breaking open,
breaking open clear

every time my heart breaks,
let it get clearer
every time my heart breaks,
let it get nearer
to my real heart…

and I hope it breaks again, breaks again and again…
because clear is what I want in the end

every time your heart breaks,
it gets a little clearer
every time your heart breaks…