Brain and Heart Conversations

We all learn from our mistakes sooner or later.

I watch you repeat the same mistake.

And before I could witness you fall to your knees,

weeping in the comfort of your sleeves,

I didn’t have the chance to catch you.

Because you didn’t want me to.

You were always so cold when I offered up,

when I spoke of your luck running up.

You knew just as much as I did,

yet you still stayed up,

crying all through the night for a kid who held no shame.

What a waste.