The Heart Is For

Legend will tell us where the heart belongs

The girl shall surrender it to her beloved

For his safe keeping, a fierce guardian

A hiding place, a still frame objectified

Legend tells us the way to cease love

To preserve what began as a seedling

Granting its jealous keepers access

Inside her potential rarely observed

Legends and myths are ever muddled

Truths obscured by the single minded

Patriarchal ignorance written in stone

Ensured her heart to be his captive

Legend older than the ancien...