Heartscape

I scraped my heart

Burnt it on a hot element

I have old scars I will show you.

Remember when I bled my heart

into my hand and showed you the red?

I was only a boy then

giving away what he thought

another should hold

But no, no, no, no

It was not meant for anyone else

I put it back

Inch by inch re-cut the opening,

place the burning flesh

back in my center

where it belongs

Goddesses have fire and tricks

I have my heart

Or, I do now

Placing a bandage around my torso

I stand here

weeping aloud

unapologetically

The matters of the heart are legion

cannot be understood with the mind

barely comprehendible by itself

For it is the material of existence

Cosmic life, transmitting frequencies

that start fires in other hearts

not meant to be far from their owner

but close in