"Know it by heart"

 

"I know it by heart."

such a simple phrase,

one which we say less and less as we age.

To say one "knows it by heart,"
is different than if one were to say,
"I know it by brain."

The deeper meaning is overlooked,
That the message or lesson has been fully integrated.
It is deeper and beyond cognition,
it becomes a part of one's true recognition.

What do you know by heart?
When and why did you stop?
Remember again,
before you learned to pretend,
to be a proper, respectable, rational adult.

I know it by heart,
that love is the only thing which will save us.
I know it by heart,
that separation is illusion but distinction is a must.
I know it by heart,
that it is by means of facing the fire,
of traversing the pain,
that lessons and true wisdom are ordained.
I know it by heart,
A little more each day. 

#RadicalEmpathy