scars in the heart

[Guest guest]

scars in the heart

 

 

there are 10 scars in the human heart

not a word of-thou-shalt-not's etched like

water-fluted canyons in your desert wilderness

your own mirage thirsting for words that carve

forgiveness deep into your bones with a burning stick

from hell, sweating blood from

your mother's birth canal

 

but your hands are trembling with memories

as you grope along

the walls, so thin you could see the tiny fingers of your birth

and you weep

 

you have forgotten the most intimate dance,

the one of your forever longing,

the one and only dance you have ever danced with your shadow,

and so you project the sins of

your missed intimacy into the world and you walk in the valley

of every woman's love

so deeply in love

your breath leaves momentarily and enters a newborn's

cry of life

 

there are ten scars in the human heart and the soul

weighs less than all the burdens you carry.

 

A raven cries.

 

 

~A