The Beast And The Heart Poem by Noah Body

The beast (the head) :

Fly away quickly, fly far away
Listen closely to me as I say

You don't belong in this world
Hide in the dark corner curled

Pay attention, I tell you true
No one wants to deal with you

Run away lest the be made to pay
For caring at all on any day

Self pity and madness all are you
Push them away 'fore they suffer too

What? You won't? Is that what you say?
You'd risk their pain and not keep away?

You fool, so selfish and headstrong
Don't you see that you do them wrong?


The heart:

But hearts are not made to be alone
These are the best I have ever known

More than friends, family they are
How can I love them all from afar?

Before their pain I willingly bleed
Run away? Oh what a traitorous deed

As a rejection is how it will seem
Down my cheeks hot tears will teem

They've done naught to deserve such
Running away has got to be too much

To dare trade one hurt for the other
A devil's choice, oh dear, oh brother

Enough. Hush up you devilish beast
I'll hear no more before I am fleeced

The choice is not mine, never was it
It is theirs to choose, mine to submit