Hard-Headed Heart

The heart 
                                       has this hard-headed habit
                                                      of hoping 
                                        against the dimmest hope,
                                                       hearing 
                                         but not heeding the head;


                                        thus, although it habitually 
                                                      gets hurt,
                                      it is healed by hope, enabled 
                                                        to cope
                                   and be unafraid to get wounded
                                                     once again!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2008

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