Heart and Mind

Balancing Heart and Mind

Walking on a tight rope,

In a sea.

Full, expanded, brimming,

With others,

Living, here. 

Death only stops, 

The endless drone off shuffling, walking feet,

And, on opposite sides,

Two things, of equal measure.

Heart, loud, thumping, beating, living 

Brain, mind, quiet, thinking, planning, questioning

And, right there, right here, together in between, 

The silence and the loud,

You. 

On the tightrope to the end, 

Walking shuffling, 

Straining, 

Teeth clenching, muscles aching, veins popping, 

You.

Walking and walking and moving and crawling, 

To the end. 

Balancing. Being. Right there.

And they whisper to you.

Just let go of the other, and you'll be fine.

But would you rather lose the heart, or lose the mind?

To let one loose, would be to overbalance the other, 

And give one up to the darkness under.

They are part of you, and you know it,

So you strain, 

And cry, 

And try,

And sometimes, 

You see. 

A person who's lost one of theirs.

They are,

Cold,

Heartless,

Calculating, 

Rash, 

Crazy,

Unkind.

And you know.

You can't loose your heart, or your mind.

So strain until you break, 

Give until you have to take. 

But never do you lose your way, 

Keep balancing on your tightrope.