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“I have always kept my heart prisoner behind the bars of my rib cage where it is in a 30" x 26" cell while the rest of the world lives well, wild and free to let their hearts weather against the harsh conditions, going numb to the cold, and becoming indifferent to the constant climate change that happens with time and age. My heart has never been that exposed; I have not let it be. Every time my heart is up and ready for release, I let it out into the world only briefly— try to get it back into civilian life— but it ends up right back in the pen, because it is not true that I have ever let it wear on my sleeve... ...it's too damn good for that.” — Heather Angelika Dooley
I have always kept my heart prisoner
behind the bars of my rib cage
where it is in a 30" x 26" cell
while the rest of the world lives well,
wild and free
to let their hearts weather against
the harsh conditions,
going numb to the cold,
and becoming indifferent
to the constant climate change
that happens with time and age.
My heart has never been that exposed;
I have not let it be.
Every time my heart is up and ready for release,
I let it out into the world only briefly—
try to get it back into civilian life—
but it ends up right back in the pen,
because it is not true that I have ever let it
wear on my sleeve...
...it's too damn good for that.