Monday, August 19, 2024

Heart

 

The heart is beyond the logic and reasoning of the mind. It has its own weird logic of flowing a certain way. When your rational mind tells you that the feelings that you’re feeling won’t take you to a joyful place, you understand it. But you feel the feelings anyway. Because feelings just flow. They’re already on a path of a steep slope. They keep flowing and you keep dreaming. Not getting anywhere useful in the process. So how do you resolve such a conundrum?

 

My heart has always been a child. It wants what it wants. It desires things/people not based on logic. It feels freely and loves freely. And love has never been a problem for me. I have loved abundantly even when it was unrequited. Both the joy and the pain of it inspired me, to feel alive, to write. It enriched my experience of life like never before. I absolutely cherish the intensity of emotions I feel when in love. It’s this intensity that makes life beautiful for me. It is the most valuable gift when someone can evoke deep feelings in my heart. Feelings of affection, care, gratitude, and longing. Suddenly I become conscious of every breath that I take.

 

But what if your emotions overpower you and drag you to a place of helplessness? What if they make you feel powerless and weak? I think when something like that happens, it helps to remind yourself that this too shall pass. That emotions, like everything else, change. They flow and live out their existence. Although, some emotions that are intense enough leave a permanent imprint on your very fabric. Their ink is indelible. You are forever changed by them. If it wasn't for emotions, you wouldn't be such a beautiful human being.           

Friday, August 16, 2024

You peep deep 
Into my soul 
With those black eyes of yours 


Until you blink and turn away; 


Is it what you see 

Or the intimacy 

That makes you back off? 


There are unspoken words 

Swirling in your head 

Never making it to your tongue 


(I could dance there with mine, ya know?)


But, is it just me

Or the futility 

That makes you mum? 

Thursday, August 15, 2024

Heartache

 

You are like calm waters 
And I know you run deep, 
I should stay at the shore 
Yet, why do I want to leap? 


Your eyes draw me in 

Your smile casts a spell,

I want to lose myself 

I want to rebel 


But you know, 

You’re far braver 

Far too good for me 


You already understood 

Things I was too busy to foresee.