Our Metaphorical Hearts

Our metaphorical hearts are spectacular.
They can take so many beatings
and still keep beating,
against the walls,
demanding life and love
and blood
and blood
and blood.
(sacrifice)
Such spectacular,
beating,
bleeding
creatures.

They reform
reshape
remake.
And we continue to offer our sacrifices.
Blood sacrifices.

We build something new
out of the ashes of every
burning heartache.

Our metaphorical hearts
are simultaneously stronger
and more vulnerable
than anything else in this terrible world.

Demanding blood,
pumping love,
beating back against the breaks.
Against the heartaches.