Binding Up the Brokenhearted

I have waited
for years for your
softness and touch.

Am I so wounded that
there's finally no hope for me?

The light
shines
from your smooth shoulders
as you struggle
against all odds
to revive me.

Brokenhearted I bleed
through the white
bandages you've wrapped
so tightly
around my chest
as a stubborn refusal to let me go.