A thousand Christophers ...

I've finished reading Steppenwolf -

I saw how I might heal my heart - 

Like Harry, I went through the door marked All Girls Are Yours -

I went to the house in the wide avenue - 

I accepted an invitation - 

I gave myself when asked - 

I did not avert my eyes from one who followed me -

I kept a promise - 

I did not cause grief one summer - 

In a mirror, I saw a thousand Christophers -

I embraced each one - 

I took each heart and placed it in my own - 

19.February 2022

The Old School House

East Stoke 

Dorset