how does it feel to be a heart

How does it feel to be a heart?

I sometimes think I do not know my own heart

But I know how it feels

At times my heart is full

And it smiles

When I feel connected to a friend

Or someone I love

At times it feels like it is empty

Incapable of holding and sustaining life

What is the heart?

The seat of life?

The life force?

Is it really another name for that which defines me?

That which drives me

And makes me who I am?

I sometimes wonder if I know how to give from my heart

When it is empty

It only wants to receive

To be filled…..

But in reality

Nothing can fill my heart

If it does not give

If it is not given

To God

To another

To all others

Lord teach me to love

Teach my heart

That I might be

In the lives of others

love