{"sf1_id":1347895,"sf2_id":"YnLaYxY1","title":"That Tell-Tale Heart, Guilt.","author":"The Wilde Hunt","words":267,"posted_at":"2018-07-02T04:07:00.000Z","tags":["Emotional","Poetry","Prostitution"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1347895-that-tell-tale-heart-guilt","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/YnLaYxY1","image_url":"https://www.sofurryfiles.com/std/thumb?page=1347895\u0026ext=.jpg","description":"#1 of Poetry.","content":"you cradle it in your hands\u0026nbsp;  \nlike a lover's beating heart\u0026nbsp;  \nfeel its gentle pulse as it tries to dig into your veins\u0026nbsp;  \nyou can feel it / a little bit of corruption thriving beneath\u0026nbsp;  \nthe surface of skin and flesh and matter \u0026nbsp;  \nyou may deserve it / you may not  \nthis is how to heal from guilt\n\nyou must acknowledge it first you must\u0026nbsp;  \nat the very least\u0026nbsp;  \ngive it a name / give it a cause / a purpose / a place to sleep\u0026nbsp;  \nnot on the bed but perhaps\u0026nbsp;  \nbeside it\u0026nbsp;  \non the nightstand\n\nyou must nurture it\u0026nbsp;  \ndo not refuse to feel it you were given this\u0026nbsp;  \ngift for a reason / by all that is left / that is holy\u0026nbsp;  \nyou must at the very least give it\u0026nbsp;  \nhouse / home\u0026nbsp;  \nit does not need to be fed\u0026nbsp;  \nit can hunt on its own  \nleave the window cracked open at night\u0026nbsp;  \nin case it gets peckish for something with meat on its bones\n\nyou must realize that guilt\u0026nbsp;  \nis not to be feared\u0026nbsp;  \nit is to be tamed and controlled\u0026nbsp;  \nlike any beast\u0026nbsp;  \nwhen you have given it a home\u0026nbsp;  \nand a hunting ground\u0026nbsp;  \nand a name call to it\u0026nbsp;  \nwhen you have need of it and it will come\n\nit is the same wild thing as you once were\u0026nbsp;  \nbefore civilization and iron brick by brick\u0026nbsp;  \nbuilt you into humanity\n\nand when you have done all these things\u0026nbsp;  \nmy child\u0026nbsp;  \nyou will realize in the end that guilt\u0026nbsp;  \nis nothing to be feared\u0026nbsp;  \nmerely to be respected\u0026nbsp;  \nmerely like you\n\n  \n  \n\n"}