The Neglected Heart

  i . Heart spoke
trust me
trust me
trust me says Heart
I break
I bleed the truth
trust me says heart
I pound a song
a rhythm
I drive the body
feed the gut
the bosom
the womb
pounding
pounding
day after day
pounding

ii . Believe in me says Heart
believe in me
believe I am truth
the truth of time
the past beats in me
pulsating blood through veins
body of life

I carry the truth of past time
I
heart
beating living driving rhythm
through the body
blood of past
blood of future
blood of now

iii . Heart love
heart love
love love love love
heart

But the depth of love
and the beat of the heart
were lost

Humanity lost Heart
the pulse
became
unrecognizable
I weep
for the lost Heart
everyday I weep

iv . It was arson
the fire burnt for years

Fear was the arsonist
fear crept into the heart of man
poisoned trust

The wisdom of Heart
became an ember and then went black

The women took the ashes
and pounded them to dust
and mixed the ashes with their tears
and rubbed them into their hearts
they wept forever
and are still weeping now
the men thrived on fear
and forgot Heart
the women hid the ashes
and joined the men
in silence.
© 1995