Little Bits and Lost Meaning

she holds him like a man
but in her arm he is only child
tired, tumbled, weak and bleeding
patient, held and peaceful, mild
and no words like those unspoken
can reach a soul so broken
as to let the bitter water run clearer then
he could begin to love again

and she began

still she sat, and wondered where
that lost feeling hidden there
could rise up and create
a beast like the one they make
and if a wild thing so strong
left fading into song
could run the water free
like little bits of you and me

every bit of what could be