Heart (attack)

Intriguing the volumes 

of those

That would hold 

It true

That evolution

Is an inner journey 

And that each be

Guided 

By their own 

Heart 

Yet from

These same lips

Are uttered

Suppositions

Such as: 

The ideal man is......

This is what it is

To be a women....

Inside of a breath

This heart-guided self-determination 

Is unceremoniously 

Usurped 

I know far less

Than 

What I might suppose

i know

About my own soul-journey 

How then could

I presume to know yours?

Have you ever

Stopped to consider

The pain inflicted

Through trespassing

Upon the heart 

of another?

Yes you

With your dogma

Do you suppose

It's esoteric

or less "traditional" 

Rhetoric
Would be received

Or perceived 

As any less of an assault

To a heart that 

Didn't invite it?

Now you lay 

Yourself to sleep

The prayer 

That soothes you

Is yours to keep

If instead 

Upon another's heart

You beat

Consider 

As you sow

You reap

R. O'Neill  (October 02, 2017)