Walking heart

Dear Heart,

I am sorry I owe you an explanation

why you cannot take a step

with the weight and grudges you carry

from the misfortunes in which you did not take part

I am sorry I did not warn you

that curiosity would destroy you

and did not hand you any means

to shield yourself

Yet when all thesauri and dictionaries put together

still you will never understand

the workings of love and pain

for you go without reason

relentless and stubborn

till you can no longer function

I am sorry dear heart

for I cannot tell when

or if you will ever

lose that weight

but take this piece of cloth

I tore from a war veteran’s fatigue

cover your blurry eyes with it

and wipe the blood that leaks

in the middle of the desert there is an oasis

be patient

in a not-so-distant future

an eagle’s quack will be heard

signaling your rebirth

ready to take tiny yet significant steps

towards the frontier.

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