a lesson for the heart: moaning mind

history created an attestment to our humanness

when they put a harboring heart and maniacal mind in the same body

to take each breath is to contradict one another

heartbreak drives us mad because

we are left with only our moaning mind as our sole sane comrade

depression drives the diseased mind to dust 

because we are left with only our heart

to have one or the other will drive your madness to the brink of insanity

but to have both is what defines us as human

where is the lesson in that?

once we discover what defines us is already within us.