Worth the Risk?

You hold it carefully
With complete adoration
Yet a hint of fear
Grasped too tightly
It might break
That delicate treasure

Loved too much
Its end would pierce your heart

So you proceed with caution
Guarding yourself
From diving in with abandon
While the other side of you
Longs to fully share
That which is in your soul

You hold back—
just a bit, just in case

To admit this love
Would make you vulnerable
Opened and revealed
Able to feel the greatest joys
Or the deepest grief
So you hesitate