WAR BETWEEN HEAD AND HEART
The head and the heart
go to battle
each flanked by warriors.
The head has "Reason"
the heart "Passion"
as its chief commander.
Mighty are both
in persuasion and force
telling me what to do.
One does counselling
the other tempting
in between
I am indecisive.
Heave ho! the head pulls.
Heave ho! the heart holds.
So begins a tug-of-war.
I am moving
an inch forward, and inch backward.
Who shall the victor be?
An ounce of weakness
or
an ounce of strength,
the last 'tilt' rests on me.
(From Poems On Head And Heart)
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