I just had to say I love you
'Cause I think it all the time
But I'll only let my heart out
In fragments that will rhyme

I'm struggling with these feelings
They scare me, make me glow
The worst part is, I fear that you
Don't really want to know

Your heart's been torn so often
Been stomped on, shredded, broke
You can't trust any woman
They've become some kind of joke


But I'm not just any woman
I'm a work machine, like you
I can isolate my feelings
But I am a woman too

Used with permission:
©Alice C. Bateman
May 2, 2004