To feel the heart
is to open a gate,
a dangerous gate indeed
to the ones who keep it shut
and everyone in need
of the feelings trapped inside.
Every person has a gate,
is it opened or closed?
To open it and let it speak
is to invite ruin.
For they tell you that you’re mad,
and you believe this lie as well
if you do not fit into the maze
of terror meant for us.
Fear keeps it shut.
Fear is the valve.
Fear is restriction.
Fear is power.
All that keeps the gates
to the body shut
is the fear that you take in
and the fear that they give out.
If you take a fear inside,
and make it darkly yours,
you will find your body shut
and your lobes all full of lies.