A Piece of You

How can you give away a piece
Of something deep within?
A piece of something from a place
Where no one's ever been...
A gift that rare holds power
That when placed in the right hands,
Can make a man fulfilled inside-
Confirm his dreams and plans.
But when that gift is not received
That piece is not the same.
Although you place it back inside,
It's marred by hurt or shame.
The giver is reluctant now
To go back to that place.
It's harder and more painful now
When searching in that space.
Soon time has passed and wounds are healed,
And so you try again
To mine the depths of who you are
And find that place within.
The sacred well of all your love,
Ambitions, goals, and dreams-
To pass that on to someone else
Is harder than it seems.
For only that one person
Will ever truly know
The way to take that piece of you
And see it bloom and grow.