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chemicals

"trust your emotions"

society says

happiness,

sadness,

love

"they're reliable"

society says

"emotions

make perfect sense

when you let them"

society says.

but since when was society ever right?

why should I trust

the chemicals in my brain?

what do they know

that the rest of me doesn't?

they're just chemicals

combinations of elements

flowing through my neurons

electrifying brain cells

telling me what to do.

I don't believe

in trusting my emotions,

but I can certainly

follow my heart.

no,

not in the way society means it

(because,

as we established earlier,

it's messed up)

but the way 

science

means it.

hearts don't care.

whatever other people

say

think

do

they keep going.

hearts just breathe.

they beat to their own rhythm

breathe

in

and

out

reagrdless of the competition.

hearts are relentless.

for as long as they can

they 

live

beating

until

they

literally

can't

ignoring the chemicals telling it to quit.

emotions can't be trusted,

much less followed.

but your heart knows what it's doing

and besides, 

it can't be any more wrong than society is.