Best Follow Your Heart Poems
Follow Your Heart
Father Time has brought us safely thus far
And our future is not tied to some distant star.
We’ve always had each other’s arms
That kept us together and safe from all harm.
Yet, all our yesterdays now stand alone.
And we know that tomorrow is not cast in stone,
Where once we saw happiness, now there is pain
It seems memories and heartaches are all that remain.
So, when life seems the darkest and troubles appear
And all the world’s dangers, alarmingly near,
Remember our love - let it play its part
And don’t be afraid to follow your heart.
Written By John Posey
06/15/13
In times of despair,
In times of trouble,
When the world's against you,
Just follow your heart.
Your world may be filled with,
Gloom & disappointment,
Threatening voices may surround you,
When you sink deeper & deeper
In darkness,
Just follow your heart.
You may fall,
Stumble a little,
The road ahead may seem
Dark & threatening,
But whatever it might be,
Just follow your heart.
Nobody may come to help you up,
No one will lead you the way,
But whether you may meet someone or not,
Just follow your heart.
When you see the Light ahead and,
The world tingling with energy,
Every step taken,heavenly,
You know you just
Followed your heart.
When I was young, I wasn’t always sure
If following my heart was the thing to do
Should I allow feelings to play a part
In the decisions that drove my thoughts
There were times when I followed my heart
And I don’t mind saying, I was a little hurt
There were people who took advantage
Of my kindness and compassion, my faith
But, in the end, I finally discovered,
Following my heart was the answer
To the yearnings that left me with questions
About life and love… the dance of hope
I eventually learned that I might sometimes
Be hurt, but if I gave my heart’s desires
The chance to have their say… I would
Be happier, more content and satisfied
Because, in the larger scheme of things
It’s the heart that answers all your wants
For a joy that comes alive and breathes fire
Into the soul, where you can always know
Love is alive… thriving and guiding
Giving back to the spirit all that it needs
To be sure it is pleasing to the One above
Who gives us all the gifts we receive
Gifts of love, hope, faith… feelings that live
Within our souls and teach us to glow
With a light that is destined to bring us all
Warmth from within that reaches heaven’s
Angels with singing, bringing poetry alive
Like a chance to begin a new life
That thrives with a kaleidoscope of colors
Enlivening the joy that delights with pure wonder
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Follow your heart where it leads
Far beyond the forest past the trees
There’s a place your heart knows
Where love the one you loved so long ago
She waits for you so patiently
She’ll be there for all eternity
Sitting there for all eternity
Sitting there by the stream
The place you see always in your dreams
Somehow someway you’ll find a way
To be with her one day
And then your dreams will come true
For your true love will be united forever with you
You've heard it said... "follow your heart"
For relentless desire bleeds for craven want
Yet when indecision weighs on life's many parts
Those opposed abandon not incessant haunt
Pin pricked light shines brighter
Through onyx colored scene
Weakness revealed when life is darkest
Specks of defect in the fortress of our need
Ones heart can be a complexity
An up hill struggle when obscurity feels blind
A quandary of perception in a house of mirrors
Reflections twisted by perplexities of the mind
Follow your heart yes live your dreams
Leave not your mind unreasoned
To walk the path less traveled leaves
A consequence of actions completed
So it is with indecision
To scale the weight of what's to come
When precious life hangs trembling in the balance
A calculated measure of the hearts true sum
Can we really overthink those choices we make
For somewhere every road has an end
Rugged or velvety destinations take root
And blossom where choices were stemmed
I've heard of double minded fools
Tossed like waves in the sea
Perhaps it's simply this woman's folly
To think it couldn't happen to me
Oh to measure the value of dreams
Which to follow or leave for not
Simplicity frowns on passions extremes
Such answers must be skillfully wrought
I pray that with my every tomorrow
I'll be wiser than today
Knowing when it's time to seek the dream
And patient if I must wait
For now I wish but only
To know my own heart in truth
And weigh the scales of value correctly
Then follow with greater wisdom when in naivety's youth
When You Follow Your Heart
We might have made love
In the bed of roses: the bed of fragrant flowers
As we consummate the joy of true love: at age sixty
where the pursuit of pleasure: is a taboo subject
where the Irish moss warms our soft lips:
We might have reversed the aging process, because
our bodies become fascinating and seductive: coherently
We might have rattled the monkey cage: like epic lovers growing old
With one thing on our minds: we follow our hearts
Keep your sanity by listening to
Almighty reason
Then
Follow your heart, happy to be
At any season.
© Demetrios Trifiatis
21 July 2015
Follow your heart and take it
slow.
Know your path before you go.
Search and feel before you see.
The place you're going and
wanna be. Keep
your mind on the prize.
Don't stop looking at bright
blue skyz. Open
your mind for brand new
things. Follow
the sound as freedom rings.
Close the doors that's pulling
you down Watch
the joy that comes around
Live the life that takes you far.
Stay the same the way you are.
Keep a smile upon your face.
Here or there or any place.
Close your eyes before you
start. Time
will tell follow your heart
People give unknowingly bad advice
Follow your heart they say
Do they know, that the Adversary
Can easily lead your emotions astray
The Savior says use the mind to decide
Then you should, knowingly choose the righteousness way
We follow roads
That take us so far
We pray and we wish
Upon a bright star
We follow our dreams
And hope for the best
We study and strive
To pass life’s little test’s
I’m committed to one thing
Right from the start
And that is I promise
To follow my heart
The heart really knows
And it never will lie
If you haven’t heard it
Listen and try
Follow it now
To wherever it leads
Trust it believe it
I’m sure you will see
It’s a wonderful challenge
And a great place to start
You won’t be sorry
If you’ll follow your heart
Love inflicts a pain that's hard to bear;
dredging up feelings time's steeped in fear.
And yet, you realize fate doesn't care;
facing truths you wish would disappear.
The sting of rejection scuttles hope:
adrift, amidst shadows of darkness.
And faith slides down a slippery slope,
as empty lies, embellish starkness.
Fragile feelings, like paper dreams tear;
caught in a cycle of push and shove.
For pride conceals a failing affair:
fueled by an unrequited love.
Find your happy place, and dry your tears;
cease crying and look for someone new.
Life is not as bleak as it appears:
follow your heart, and let hope guide you.
Don’t be pushed by your problems
Be led by your dreams
Live the life
you want to live
Be the person you want to remember
years from now
Make decisions
and act on them
Know in your heart
that you gave your dreams
your best shot
Each of us has a fire
in our hearts
burning for something
Find it
and keep it lit
This is your life
And it’s a short one
Disappointments may occur
But these are challenges
Tests of persistence
And courage
Follow your own intuition
And dream with your eyes open
Until you know
Exactly what it looks like
Turn your dreams into reality
And live life
with no regrets
I'm trying so hard, so incredibly hard to stop my eyes from crying.
From releasing these built-up tears
My mind is thinking
Crying is not the thing
Just keep it all inside, let it build
You'll be alright
Just keep it all out of sight.
My heart is screaming
Don't listen to that ill-logical being!
When you bottle it all inside,
You'll wear down
Break down
Listen to me!
Don't be someone all pretend
For this hellhole you won't be back out again
Just listen to this part
Follow your heart.
Magic breathes life in our hearts
Destiny resides in our souls
Our path now shimmers unshadowed by the night
With one embrace partnered by a tender kiss, the bounds
of time and distance crumble through fingers like drifting
grains of sand
Dream time is the place where I am alive
Green eyes ripple into lipid pools where miracles draw me
to your heart
I am free to swim by your side until the sun sets and
rises with you again
Life is my dream
I love you
Even though your not here, I'll say this as though I'm looking in your eyes.
In love there's no never's or goodbye's.
There's long embraces, or that anxious feeling inside when it's just time to say hi.
There's no akward pauses,
or hidden flaws,
because in real love there's no rule book or made up laws.
You'll look deep inside and know that person for who they truely are.
Stuff that no one will ever see, then you'll wave that banner of love proudly.
Love so good you'll climb the top of the mountain and belt it loudly.
Something so good there's no way you can keep it inside,
even when you say "I Love You" instead of goodbye.
Why people don't follow their heart remains a mystery to me,
because God speaks to us through our hearts,
and in times of darkness it's through our heart he shows us the way.
So I'll leave this on your heart with these last words being said.
"Loving you is so great I wouldn't dare keep it inside,
it's something greater than being put on paper to be kept throughout time,
it's greater than being immortalized in a poem or a song,
it's God's way of letting me know that with you is where I'll always belong,
and with God following your heart you won't ever go wrong."
By:King of Hearts