Einfühlung

Crack open your ribcage. Split at the sternum and watch the world come crashing down on your exposed heart. Let the pain of a billion voices squeeze every last drop of blood from your soul. Don't hide behind your history. Strip away your imagination, dig your toes into the broken glass and diamond cut waters of the here and now, and wait for your nerves to be set on fire. And when the beautiful pollution of fear and passion becomes too much to bear, when your lungs shrivel up like a worm in the hot sun, when the cacophonic chorus burrows deep into your skin, when your spirit collapses under the weight of cosmic romance and infinitesimal existence - then inhale and close yourself back up. Staple yourself shut. But keep the scar that runs from your flesh to your DNA as a never-ending reminder that you are not alone. That love cannot take a break because hate never will. That my chest is an open cavern for you to explore. And that god is found when our raw, beating hearts touch.