Day 310: How to Wrap a Heart
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there will be times
you’re called
to wrap a heart.
like all good and fragile gifts,
it should be
handled with care.
sometimes, you have to sit far away
and wrap it with your mind
because to get too close
to a heart that needs wrapping
could break it.
hearts must be wrapped
in compresses
for so to stop the leaks,
in oils
for so to be soothed,
in gauze
for so to breathe,
but never,
never wrap a heart
in a box.
this will never do.
they stop the growth
for lack of light
and because the heart
isn’t shaped
to fill tight corners.
the walls of those boxes
even cut off the flow to veins
and the whole creature
wilts,
though animated
still.
to wrap a heart
you must hold
little messes
that seep and weep
through your hands
and know that hearts get better
the greater care you take
in their mending.
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