Inter-view

Where is our heart?

Hidden, well-guarded?

Fenced with barbed wire?

Surrounded by a deep moat?

Or is our heart out in the open,

undefended, unsheltered,

exposed to the elements?

Is our heart willing

to come out of the chest, to move beyond the sleeve,

to fly, to venture, to visit?

How is our heart?

Does it still shiver, tremble,

moved by the powerful passion

of heartfelt compassion?

Does our heart dare to lend itself?

To pluck up the courage to give itself away?

To put itself on the line, to crack, to split?

Does our heart risk sharing itself?

With those known, with those unknown?

With those distant, as well as with those close?

With those who steal hearts?

With the heartbreakers?

With the heartbroken?

How about we listen, interview

our wise, kind hearts,

and see what it has to say?