Week 5: Cast Iron Heart
Week 5: Cast Iron Heart
Hand-drawn illustration based upon an original short story, newly concocted for each week of the year 2022. Comes framed exactly as the pictured example with the story in its entirety inscribed upon the back of the frame.
Do not harden your heart
But steel your resolve
Do not close yourself off
But open your mind to all
Be not discouraged by place
Nor by time
Be heartened by opportunity
By the sublime
We cannot change and fix
All the things we wish
We cannot reach higher heights
Unless we continue to persist
Care for those who are close
Care for those who are in need
Cast your heart of iron
And simply proceed
Just because you cannot
Fix every little thing
Does not mean you cannot
Fix any single thing
We can affect change
Both big and small
Do not harden your heart
But steel your resolve