About My Heart

My first ever cardiologist

maybe a sign of age although

a friend said yesterday,

“I can’t believe you didn’t have

a cardiologist until now.”

Now I do. Now I will talk

to a professional about

my heart and all that I

have loved in my long life

so far because of course

every single body part

represents what we know

and what we feel

and my heart has always been

very full. Even now. And when she

asks me the new doctor

who seems kind enough

she was born in Domenica

I chose her because

of her kind face there are

probably better reasons

for medical decisions

but isn’t a face the best

credential isn’t a face the way

to see right away who we are

and what we know isn’t the face

where healing happens

what love looks like and isn’t

a heart about love?