I cherish my softness. If I am not permeable and porous, then how can you get into me? And you have already sensed how very desperately I want you to break through my barriers so that I can feel you deep inside me churning and shape-changing in my gut as if you were my child…
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3 responses to “To Be Soft You Must Become Hard”
Always thought provking and beautifully written. Kevin wields his pen with the same grace and rhythm he brings to the harmonica.
Joe: Many, many thanks for your kind (and poetic) words. I going to start using it in my press bio: “Kevin wields his pen with the same grace and rhythm he brings to the harmonica” — Joe D. It’s great. Thanks!
Beautifully written and as Joe says above, very thought provoking. I guess a problem with a hard, protective shell only occurs if by allowing ourselves to become completely immersed in the myriad distractions of daily life, our attention fragments and neglects to tend that inner, soft part of ourselves so that we become unaware of a creeping ossification taking place as that shell grows ever thicker until it reaches our very hearts. One thing is for sure Kevin, that is not going to happen to you!