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Dear Heart, How I wished I loved you But you are like a burden that follows me I hear all that's said and done Whilst it isn't without merit It's not good enough How do we know When people laugh at our jokes Whether they are just polite Our professional advice Though sought out Is perhaps their lack of confidence There are so many polite people We can't believe their compliments Those competitions we won They probably just had sparse numbers Our friends may drop us when they can I have to be cruel to be kind Otherwise we'll make a fool of ourself Wouldn't that be awful? Yours sincerely Your Mind Dear Mind, Thank you for taking the trouble to write I know you are extremely busy Please pardon what I'm about to say I think you judge too harshly Worry too much Whether our jokes are funny is irrelevant Joy was shared I recognise we're not the greatest at all we do But we're good enough Told by people we respect that we're valued That is enough A compliment is given To boost the recipient The gesture is genuine So should be well received Rather than doubted Those competitions aren't about winning They are cathartic expression Which I know will be read By someone somewhere Who hears our emotional turmoil The winning is nice We are untrained So start from behind the blocks As for our friends They aren't tied to us Yet year on year We're invited and included We laugh, comfort and cry together That means something Head, I know you fear ridicule But it doesn't matter If you get things wrong From time to time I'm in the right place Yours sincerely Your Mind DEAR HEART Poetry Contest 28 January 2023 Sponsored by: Mystic Rose Rose
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