as a youth, he learned the art of separation
it was the only way to survive the pain
that burned his flesh and drowned his mind
he put his heart out of reach
placing it in a tin can - his only possession
the can became battered, dented
but his heart remained untouched
he had a gift, which he bent into a barbed wire fence
to rip apart those who tried to jump over
he surrounded himself with people
who were content with looking through the holes in the fence
who didn’t need access to his heart to love him
but then he met a man
who didn’t try to jump the fence like the others
by example, this man showed him how to open fences
this man handed him vulnerability, so he could see what it looked like
holding it for the first time, he noticed that vulnerability
had the same color, same shape, same feel
as love
in fact, he realized, this complete vulnerability
was love
he had never seen it in such perfect form
bold, deep, secure
with the knowledge that such love existed
he allowed himself a feeling he had always guarded against -
hope
he used this hope to pry open the tin can in his chest
where he found a raw, shapeless lump
so he set off, vulnerable written on his chest,
in pursuit of hands that could mold his heart
a depiction of Will's struggle with love in the film GWH