A heart’s imbroglio

‘Follow your heart’

For years he did just that

For he thought, he had his path to peace

His guide to love and joy

His road to destiny

His mind muttered, grumbled

Then warned and roared

In no mood to retreat, heart said

Chill, why so jealous

Step aside, he is taken care of

 

The mind urged the heart

You make him passionate

You may get him to do great things

Yet with you he is weak and vulnerable

A moment in ecstasy

The next lost in despair

Middle ground has no ground

A life of extremes you offer

Is no new normal in the ‘normal’ he dwells in

So, let me take control!

 

Still reluctant, the heart said,

Dear mind, I know what you are!

With you in charge, he is a mannequin

No matter stylish, flashy and classy

But how hollow inside?

I make him human

Pain or pleasure, misery or ecstasy

I let him live it

He feels what many won’t

He sees what many can’t

Yes, hurt at times in depths he loves

No matter, that I call a Life!

The mind tightened up

For the world you make him an outlier

For the society, stubborn, a bit foolish, less practical

And much less ‘successful’

Moreover, now for all the records

The one who really told him

To follow his heart

Is really me!

So, stop fooling around

Take a bow, and fall in line

Just mind the rules I put him in!

 

And his poor heart

Sank under the weight of the mighty mind.