Jan Donley, Author of The Side Door

Bleeding Hearts

7 May 08

The Bleeding Heart Bush is a perennial metaphor. It blooms at this time of year; and in the morning, when I walk Gizmo, I stop and stare at one that rises from behind my neighbor’s small wooden fence—all those hearts bleeding.

No matter how many times I look, it startles me how many there actually are.

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