I Heart

I, Heart

do solemnly swear

[and yet, I must protest!

This isn't the heart -

this is the mind speaking. . .]

I'm going mad

with these feelings

[This is but a fleeting moment. . .]

You're making me crazy

[People cause their own insanity. . .]

Okay, I confess!

I've been doing this to myself

and it isn't so bad

Maybe, even, I like it

[You've loved it all along. . .]

And now,

I love it and hate it

all at once

[Enough!  Enough!  It gets you by.

Don't put it down. . .]

I, Heart

cease to protest

just yet, I will deny what I've said

what is is what's best. . .

- Feb. 21, 1985, A.D.