Closer To The Heart

Our hearts are warm and cheery, like cottages under drifts. The heart is forever inexperienced. - Thoreau

she loves me

she loves me not

in this back and forth dilemma i am caught

hearts and petals grow and fall

stirred daisy soup

caught in an infinite loop

no way out

emotional mayhem

think i'll stick with the stem

Author's Note

"What other words, we may almost ask, are memorable and worthy to be repeated than those which love has inspired? It is wonderful that they were ever uttered. They are few and rare indeed, but, like a strain of music, they are incessantly repeated and modulated by the memory. All other words crumble off with the stucco which overlies the heart. We should not dare to repeat these now aloud. We are not competent to hear them at all times." - Thoreau

Reviews

[Betty Hermelee]

Caught in a love dilemma; what to do? chaos in the mind, but i think you've found a place of comfort in the end....very powerful, and very metaphoric...I like Thoreau's thought as well; we should only remember love words that have inspired us....others should and will fade away.....
Warmly, B

[Pete]

thanks B. sometimes the head and heart are at odds. i think the heart has the last say ... :)

[Betty Hermelee]

definitely and you're very welcome Pete!
Warmly, B

[Sami Khalil]

Wowzy woooo! This was an excellent one with a surprise twist. I was wondering if you were going to be another victim; another martyr.
By the way, is daisy soup tasty???

[Pete]

only with the right cardiac seasonings ... :)

[Sami Khalil]

Hehehe
You are welcome sir Pete