A Conversation Between My Mind and Heart

My mind restrains my heart

It is wary of betrayal

It is afraid it will not have the glue

To paste my heart back together

My mind says to my heart

“Is it really worth the pain?”

Anything you feel

I feel

Each part of you that breaks

Sends a blackness through me

That pushes me to the precipice of despair

My mind says to my heart

“How long will this euphoria last?”

The sun always sets

Light always fades

Joy will fade with it

And we will be left in the dark

Once again

My mind says to my heart

“How is this time any different?”

We always suffer

At the words of another

The words slowly send us

Down a stream of solitude

And we drown in silence

My heart says to my mind

“We will brave it all anyway”

We will feel the turmoil

Of the pain and of the euphoria

And hope that this time

We are treasured

My mind sighs

“Okay,” it says

We will try again.