Part I: How is Your Heart?

10 1 0
                                    

How is your heart

"I always had this certain
contentment-
I wouldn't call it
happiness-
it was more of an inner
balance
that settled for
whatever was occurring
and it helped in the
factories
and when relationships
went wrong
with the
girls.
it helped
through the
wars and the
hangovers
the back alley fights
the
hospitals.
to awaken in a cheap room
in a strange city and
pull up the shade-
this was the craziest kind of
contentment

and to walk across the floor
to an old dresser with a
cracked mirror-
see myself, ugly,
grinning at it all.

what matters most is how well you walk through the fire."

- Charles Bukowski

You've reached the end of published parts.

⏰ Last updated: Aug 16, 2021 ⏰

Add this story to your Library to get notified about new parts!

What Matters Most Is How You Walk Through The FireWhere stories live. Discover now