Mind Reader
I wish I were a mind reader,
A mind reader of the heart,
To see into its complex caverns
I wish I were a heart reader,
A heart reader able to understand,
Able to see past the outside portrayal of the mind and into what's behind the cordial smile
To see what they really think,
What they don't say,
To protect myself...
I wish I were a mind reader...
A mind reader of the heart,
To keep myself from jumping for a nonexistent rope
To be a heart reader...
To know when you're not wanted
To know when not to attempt the climb
To know when not to commit to hope, of something unattainable,
To let go before you hold on,
To save my fragile heart...
I wish I were a mind reader,
I could protect myself,
I could save my fragile heart from the pain cultivated through the possibility, and not knowing
To be a heart reader,
One step ahead.
Avoiding that indescribable feeling of a heart set on something it can't have...
Something it doesn't really understand,
because I'm not a mind reader,
Nor am I a mind reader of the heart...
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