07 | "Sit, Stay, Heel."

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I say: if the heart is a muscle I will train it to be sinew.

I say: the heart is a muscle and it will resist.

I say: because I am master of myself, I will not be weak.

You say: soft.

You say: tender.

I say: there is a hole in me that needs tearing open.

You say: that isn't how healing works.

I say: I know.

I say: I am an old dog licking its sores just as they scab over.

I say: I want to be raw flesh and no hurt.

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