Poetry

Heart Vs. Brain

March 3rd, 2019

I've never been the best at expressing how I feel.
Sometimes the words I want to say just won't come out.
It's not something that I'm proud of.
I wish that I could speak freely,
But there's something stopping me.
Something that doesn't allow me to say what I need to.

That something is my brain.
No matter how much my heart wants to say something,
My brain prevents it from from slipping out of grasp.
And sometimes that's a good thing.
But other times it's not.

I'm always wanting to say how I feel to people,
But majority of the time,
They won't understand how I feel.
They could feel something similar,
But it's never the same.

They always say to listen to your heart,
But the heart doesn't work with logic.
It works with what it wants,
And that can be a risky game.
So it's viewed as heart vs. brain,
But why can't it be both?

Is there a way to make a compromise?
A way to have both logic and want?
To have both what you need and wish for?