I am walking with a dagger stuck into my heart.
The pain is intolerable,
I'm bleeding profusely
and my body is working double the time
to make up for the lost blood and energy.
But somehow I'm still alive.

When I try to even touch the dagger,
everyone around me starts yelling
"Don't take out the dagger!
In fact you should take care of the dagger.
That's what's keeping you alive!
Take it out and you will drop dead!
Besides, think about the dagger.
Where will you keep it
if not inside your heart?"

For a long time I believed them too.
I tried to walk slow,
stay safe,
talk low
taking care of the dagger.

Every now and then the dagger moves and shifts, ...