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Heart Vs. Mind

by leslymorales51

My heart is deceiving

my mind condemns foolishness. 

I know it is wrong;

however, I tend to follow my heart

because it speaks louder than my brain. 

I feel bad for what I know is right

I stress about everything,

but now, I change. 

I can no longer listen to my heart.

I will mute and tame it until the time is right. 

God, gave me a brain to think logically.

He did not give me a heart to think for me,

but when the time is right, to beat louder than it speaks.

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<p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">My heart is deceiving</span><br style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">my mind condemns foolishness.&nbsp;</span><br style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">I know it is wrong;</span><br style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">however, I tend to follow my heart</span><br style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">because it speaks louder than my brain.&nbsp;</span><br style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">I feel bad for what I know is right</span><br style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">I stress about everything,</span><br style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">but now, I change.&nbsp;</span><br style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">I can no longer listen to my heart.</span><br style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">I will mute and tame it until the time is right.&nbsp;</span><br style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">God, gave me a brain to think logically.</span><br style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">He did not give me a heart to think for me,</span><br style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">but when the time is right, to beat louder than it speaks.</span></p>

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