You Touched Me

You touched me.
You opened your heart
and you touched me.
I recoiled in shock
and surprise
but you touched me.
When I thought I
could lay down and die
you touched me.
You rescued me from
inside myself
and traded the beauty
of a thing
for the truth of it
and in so doing
you touched me.
Picked up my broken
heart and mended it.
Placing the pieces
together and sealing
with your love
you touched me.
I'd be ungrateful
if I didn't say what this meant
how I felt so
spent from daily living
and how my heart
splintered
had become unforgiving
Then you touched me
Using pain
to remove pain
taking the damage
making me over
Not the same
sincere
You touched me.