I am a person of hearts aplenty;
One loves Krishna,
One beats for Yahweh,
One thumps for Jehovah,
One keeps rhythm for Allah,
Another, kowtows at the feet of Buddha,
There’s an aortic feed that kneels to Jesus Christ,
And, also I possess a life pump for Muhammad,
Many hearts have I;
One for the breeze through the trees, and the birds who’s flight it is taken upon,
One for the many-colored sky that serves as the backdrop for his brother’s love,
One for the deep of the sea,
One for what therein contains,
Another for the shallow of the shore,
Many different hearts, I have, that keep time for the multitude of flora and fauna which fill the gap between the oceans and the space above the highest peak,
One exists for humankind,
And one remembers when the arms that held you were mine.

Having experienced psychosis as a teen, later diagnosed with schizophrenia, David Cleofas Avila writes and makes art & music in order to better square away the sequelae of life.