A guy had no heart.
He had a hole, instead.
Thus, he could not cry.
He could not express emotions
He could not really feel them
Actually
He was really sad
Extremely sad
But he couldn’t cry
He couldn’t get that sadness outside
Not everybody knows
In fact
That the heart is not the source of human emotions
It’s more like a valve
That lets them through
That connects everybody
With the outer world
If instead of a heart
There is a hole
One cannot let the emotions flow through
And they end up clogging his soul.
So, he wandered
In search of something
In search of a heart
But couldn’t find one.
Nowhere a heart can be found without somebody
Those things are very rare
Everybody had one
And one only
And they didn’t wanna share.
One day though
He decided to come back
And surrender to his destiny
He was going to let himself dry
Inside
Forever
Feeling forever the feelings that he couldn’t even really feel
He didn’t have a home, though
So he just went around some more
Just, this time, he wasn’t searching anymore.
He was roaming randomly
Going “back” home
Forever.
During his journey
One day
He had to cross a passage
Between two mountains
There was a house there
A strange crossroads
In a strange valley
Inside
There was a very special couple
Of very old people.
They welcomed everybody who wanted to pass through
Including the heartless guy, of course
They were warming
And very, very, welcoming
Caring beyond imagination
And somehow, humble and discreet.
They had him rest in one of the rooms, for free
And they said to him that he could return there anytime he wanted to.
He really felt a warmth
It’s really true,
In every moment, you can express caring and love for others
And that moment, whatever it is
Will forever be special
It will never be wasted.
He departed the other day,
He said goodbye,
While more guests were entering the house
Some others, were exiting instead
But everybody was smiling.
He started to think,
“I think I can really live without a heart,
It’s not that bad.
I get to see the world
I get to truly explore it
I get to meet new people
And never attach
And never be seen.
Sometimes,
It can be a very curious experience.”
He reached the top of a hill,
On the top of a mountain.
There, there was a small house, white.
He felt really strange.
The window was open,
He could hear the notes
“Saaaaa-
Phooooo-
Raaaaaa-Riii-Raaaa
Raaaaaa-Riiiiii-Raaa…
Saaaaa-
Phoooo-
Raaaaa-Riiii-Raaaaa
Ruuuuuuuuuu-
Ruuuuuuuuuu-M-
Phaaaaaaaaaaaa…”
It was suave.
The hole in his chest started to tickle
It was almost as the song was…
Passing through it.
He couldn’t believe his ears
It was the most beautiful sound he ever heard.
The white door opened
The Girl With Two Hearts was going out
To dry the laundry.
She saw the Heartless Guy,
And dropped the basin
He walked towards her
“Hi… I am…”
She hugged him,
Tight.
A drop fell,
Behind her shoulder
And hit the ground.