I Gave You My Heart

Here is my heart on a platter. {embed image: 'platter.jpg', alt: 'My heart on a platter, for you'} What will you do with it? [[Take it]] [[Refuse it]]

You say [["It looks delicious."]] [["I'll take good care of it."]]

You say [["I don't want such a thing."]] [["You shouldn't give it away so easily."]]

{embed image: 'delicious.jpg', alt: 'I watch you eat.'} You take a [[bite.]]

{embed image: 'hope.jpg', alt: 'I watch you.'} You wrap my heart up gently and give me a tender smile. You reach out your hand to me, and I, cautiously, take it. [[Hope fills me.]]

{embed image: 'shame.jpg', alt: 'I watch you eat.'} You promptly stand up and [[leave.]]

{embed image: 'self.jpg', alt: 'I watch you.'} You look me in the eye and say, [["love yourself more."]]

As I watch you callously eat, I admit - I wish I hadn't offered my heart to you. Regret fills the hole in me. I wish I'd found someone who would relish me more. {embed image: 'fin1.jpg', alt: 'The end'}

I hope, I hope, I can trust you. {embed image: 'fin4.jpg', alt: 'The end'}

I watch you go and am filled with shame. Why had I offered myself to you so easily? I curse my naivete. But my heart is still mine. It will get stronger, as will I. {embed image: 'fin3.jpg', alt: 'The end'}

You stand up and hold out your hands to me. I take them. We'll start from here. {embed image: 'fin2.jpg', alt: 'The end'}