I - my heart - a gaping heart, enthroned in a radiance of blood. It is mine, it is ours. The heart - that wound which we have. I have compassion on myself. (Henri Barbusse)

I - my heart - a gaping heart, enthroned in a radiance of blood. It is mine, it is ours. The heart - that wound which we have. I have compassion on myself.

Henri Barbusse
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