By Naima Khanna
The head and the heart
A vital pair,
Control over the body
They individually share.
The brain does the thinking
The heart the feeling,
But what plays into consideration
When the time comes to make a decision,
Over what to do
What seems to be more appealing?
The heart is an organ needed
Needed to keep one alive,
A brain they say
An organ needed to thrive,
For what use of a body with no brain
No sense of surroundings or situations,
What real reason to stay.
But a heart does more than pump blood
A heart feels,
It feels a physical feeling
A sensation in your body,
If the heart is happy one appears to be squealing,
If the heart is sad the person appears to be grieving,
If the heart is in pain
The body tries healing.
The brain and the heart often disagree
In many matters,
Because the first relies on rational thinking
And the latter on feeling.
The heart is like a child
Who takes action free of thinking about the consequences,
Action free of weight
Free of pain,
It just wants to relish in joy
Just not to go through ache,
Aches probably arriving
Arriving with the decision the head makes.
The brain is like a parent
Trying to protect the child from hurt,
Hurt that they know will come
A consequence that is apparent.
To feel or to think
An age-old question,
To submit or resist
And deal with the lesson.
Often humans submit
Giving in to the blissful feeling,
They say the mind manipulates
But the heart does too,
It takes the decision
A decision that is most likely to be a rue,
But what does it matter
For it feels right,
And to the heart what matters more
Than feelings and feelings
All other things despite.
So choose discerningly
The heart or the head,
Will the heart beat with joy for a few ticks
Or hurt instead.
By Naima Khanna
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