Challenge
Heart Of Stone, Or A Heart Of Flesh?
Would you rather have a heart of stone, or a heart of flesh? Would you prefer your heart breakable, or have a heart that can never love? Explain why.
Chambered
One beats and bleeds
And cries at night
It burns with passion
And yearns to fight
The other steadies
And bides its time
Unfeeling maybe
But never unkind
As one side contracts
And gushes blood
Its lifeforce spent
In waves of love
The other reigns in
Logic and air
Sustaining the beat
With rhythm and care
Both sides make up
One chambered whole
For one gives purpose
And the other soul
In times of peace
It’s fine to dream
To allow one's heart
To yearn or scheme
But when crisis hits
You put it away
Switch off the flow
Let reason hold sway
For without both sides
One could never last
Either stoic as stone
Or burnt out too fast
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