Head and Heart

Head and Heart

Soul has got trapped amidst two warriors, head and heart,

Both have their claims and both want precedence

Inconclusive, Soul remains in the doldrums.

Head says,” I am supreme, listen to me”.

If I weren’t important, why would I lie on the top?

I analyze, I strategies, I am your well-wisher.

I am like the bitter medicine,

I am like the surgeon’s knife,

In short run, you may criticize,

But I am the future.

I have seen this irrational world and

It’s me who has reigned supreme.

I have unmasked the myths and fear,

I have empowered the feeble peers.

It’s me whose deeds will remain, after years you are gone.

Follow me, follow me, I am supreme.

Heart says,” I am the nerve-center, I am supreme”

What will this life be, without me?

I am the blood flow, I am the emotion.

If I weren’t there, you would have remained primitive.

I make you respond, I make you feel.

I make you aware of the unrealized dreams.

If tears would dry, if sensitivity is lost,

If emotions vaporize, if feelings freeze,

Will you still like to live?

I am irrational, I don’t judge.

I give you hope, I give you dream

I give everyone its due; I fill your bland life with all hues.

Follow me, follow me, I am supreme.

Soul wakes up and weighs its option

Tradeoffs and payoffs, all are on the table

It longs for longevity, head is ahead

It longs for warmth and compassion, heart takes a lead.

It tries to balance both, but can’t succeed.

One must win and one must lose

Eyes are heavy with unseen dreams

Shoulders droop and soul wanders

Whether it will take a final call?

Head over heart or heart over head or head over heels ?