The Empty Places

If I never took a risk,

there'd be no jagged scars

furrowed on this mortal soul,

nor engraved upon my heart

If I never took a risk,

no scars would map the places

of battles lost...and won,

no trophies for those races

If I never took a risk,

there'd be no gaping place

chiseled from my heart...

making you a perfect space

But since I took that risk,

The wounds of risk have healed

sealing you inside of me,

...in those empty places, you have filled