My Journey

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My eyes look sad
On this bright morn
I don't know why
They look so worn

"Eyes, what's up?"
I ask them cheerfully
"We're sad today,"
They answer tearfully

"Whatever could have
Happened over night
To make you lose
Your shining bright light?"

They took their time
As they stopped their crying
Trying to speak now
Desperately trying

"We lost one close
To us it seems
We miss her so much
That's why we don't gleam"

I took some time
To think it through
"I believe," I thought
"Yes, yes it is true."

I spoke as kindly
As possibly so
I said "but wasn't
That long ago?"

"Yes! It's true,"
They resumed crying
"But if you lost her
You'd assume crying."

"I find that very
Hard to believe."
"Just ask the heart!
Your truth he won't thieve."

"I'll do it," I said
"To prove you wrong.
I'll show you I'm right
I've been right all along."

I checked for my heart,
But it was found nowhere.
I looked all around
Over here and over there.

"I'll do the next
Best thing," I thought.
"I'll ask the brain!
He is well taught."

So off I went
To find the brain
I found him soon
He was crying in pain

"Now what's wrong with you?"
I asked him then.
"Lets hear your story.
Come on begin.

"You're not sad
About that girly?
You of all people
Should not be so surly."

"I'm not sad for the
One that they love.
The eyes, the heart?
I'm above love - above!"

"Well why are you sad?"
I continued to ask it
"I hate," it responded
"Being trapped in this casket.

"You listen to much
To your heart my young lad.
I tried to warn you
Before you were sad

"I tried to tell you
But it was too late
Maybe it was chance
But perhaps it was fate.

"Consider this
Now listen to me
What if perhaps
It was not meant to be?

"I know you think you're
In love with her
But do you remember
Your love for another?"

"That was different,"
I responded fast,
"This feeling is different
From those in the past.

"I know we are meant
To be together.
I can't see myself
Without her forever."

The brain said calmly
"I hope you are right.
I see not how this girl
Is worth any fight."

"Tell me," I said
As I stood in my tread,
"Is my love the girl
That made the eyes sad?"

The faceless brain
With no mouth or ear
Responded carefully
As if with great fear

"The eyes were right
But feel no shame
The two girls you miss
Are one in the same."

I chuckled for
A moment or two
Then gathered myself
Thinking "Oh what to do?"

"Then yes," I stated
After a long time of thinking
"She is worth fighting for."
I could feel my eyes blinking

"Someone so beautiful
So smart and so funny
She's worth much more
Than any amount of money."

"I hope you're right,"
The brain said here
"But if you're wrong
I see much pain near."

"I'll take my chances
Brain, you are wise
You know how great
Is the victory's prize."

"Yes," said the brain,
"But compare that to
Losing the girl
Is it worth it to you?"

"I already lost
Her once before,
So losing her now
Can't hurt any more.

"I'm not SURE how losing
Her again would feel
But I know to keep her
Would feel too unreal

"Imagine," I said
"Take a minute or five
After all of my searching,
I'd finally feel alive

"You can't really know
How great it would be
To fall asleep with her
I'd finally be free.

"Yes, this girl
Is worthy of tears
I'll be crying over her
For all of my years

"I can't believe
I doubted the eyes"
I said this then
I said my good-byes.

"Thank you, brain
For enlightening me so
But now I fear
That I have to go."

"Remember my words"
The brain shouted out
"They'll come in handy
Just never have doubt."

Now here I am
In a horrable rut
And I have this feeling
Engraved in my gut

A feeling that tells me
We won't be together
Together some time
As two sides of a feather

Lord take me now
If it will not be
Take me now if
She cannot love me