The Mind Vs. The Heart Poem by Boston Kelley

A war rages in this corporeal form,
and I am caught in its wake.
Two voices hammer away at me
as their offenses grow ever stronger.
A heart of burning passion flares up my soul;
a reasoning voice in the mind extinguishes
passion's flame.
A fiery love rising up in my being
as my mind blows it out like a candle.
Oh, the voice of reason, will you see this
pounding heart of mine?
Love, why have you placed yourself
in my being?
A great tug do I feel from her as she brings
her whole heart to me.
The mind's eye gazes upon her and
refuses to offer her a kiss.
She is great in beauty, a goddess in a
human shape; her words are like the
sweetest honey, moving and powerful
are they to my ears.
A story of pain does she share with me
that breaks my soul.
Darkness hides beneath her skin,
unwilling to be seen.
One voice will triumph and the other will
fail; let it be the one that guides me
and shows me the earnest path.