You must train your heart like a dog. Tie it to something strong with rope that won’t fray. Wrap a collar around the whole of it. Tell it to stay when it longs to go. Hurt it when it aches for leaving, when it becomes too hungry for freedom. Cut off the oxygen to its artiries. Keep it from swelling too much.
You must train your heart like a dog. Whip it into submission until it is quiet, until it is too hollow and hard to bleed anymore.
