A tender heart I know I have,

 A heart that trusts, hurts and bleeds easily.

 So to keep it sound and safe,

 Locked and bolted it I did quite early.

Been hurt so bad I still feel the pain,

 Once this open and unguarded heart of mine.

 I told myself never ever again,

 And if I could not have love, that's fine.

And yet it happened despite all this,

 You stole into my heart without me knowing.

 Threatening not only to give me bliss,

 To have my entire soul into your keeping.

You have unbolted my lock and crept in,

 And your heart, it talked to my heart.

 Convincing her to let you within,

 And somehow I know they will never part.

My love, my happiness and my life is in your hand,

Treat me gently like a woman loved deserves.

Took me a decade to put out one tentative hand,

To embrace love, to throw away my reserves.

My love, into your hands I now give,

The power over me to forever keep.

And may as long as we live,

With you I shall never weep.

© Julie Toh Siew Peng
 

Midi Title: Ai Wo Dao Jin Sheng [Love Me Forever]