Life is messy. Compassion is messy. Acting in the world in a way that is congruent with one’s broken and breaking heart is a challenge. A challenge to the actor, and a challenge to those in the world witnessing and trying to make sense of one’s acts. Here is a short poem about such heartbreaking action:
My heart breaks daily
Spilling out into the streets
And other public places.
The authorities instruct me
To clean it up.
