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Mind Vs, Heart

September 10, 2019
By TacoTruckSteve BRONZE, Baraboo, Wisconsin
TacoTruckSteve BRONZE, Baraboo, Wisconsin
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The mind seeking pleasure 

The heart seeking acceptance 

Mish mashing until a vague entity formed 

And they named it feeling

 

But feeling was not a real compromise 

More of a semi possibility

Like the inside of one closed eye

 

So heart presented a new concept that he hoped brain could endure

Understanding, the concept of mutual appreciation  

Heart presented the concept 

Relying on his new concept 

to convince Mind to understand using understanding

 

But Mind was clever and saw through the ruse

A wolf in an ill fitting sheep costume 

Understanding was only another form of tolerance

And Tolerance clouds free thinking

 

So Mind sent to Heart a mischeciose concept

Love

For Mind knew heart would look at love rather one dimensional

For love can hurt

 Love can destroy those we love 

And dessicate those we wanted to remember

 

Heart, ny not as clever, but wise enough to know something was arise

Heart did something completely unexpected

Which is very uncommon, as mind would tell

He shifted and twisted love into something more abstract yet more direct

Happiness

Mind lost his need for supremacy

And for once 

Only once 

Took broader look

And decreed that happiness was a true emotion

 

Not of course realizing that he was being tricked by heart

For heart stole love

And hid it in happiness

So that those lucky individuals who feel happiness 

May also feel love


The author's comments:

I wrote this piece about a year ago and I made it to capture just the roaring feeling that filled me when I found out my mom was diagnosed with cancer. I really hope you enjoy!


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