A Not Smart Heart

by William Joseph

And why can’t I simply arrest
This mad thing beating in my chest.
For it lies and makes promises to me
Of love and things which cannot be

If only I will follow its plan
To risk it all and save this man
From throwing away a life of dances
Upon the heap of second chances

I compromise and tell my heart
I don’t expect you to be smart
Just please do not allow the pain
To find it’s way inside again

So onward now I do go
Reaping the fruits my heart did sow
Capriciously he sings his song
Expecting me to play along

Say It Isn’t So

More Than You Know

Eddie Vedder sings from his album Ukulele songs. It’s amazing to me how much a song can bring back a memory; even if that memory seems so far away and difficult to feel. Such is life, amazing in it’s brevity and unyielding in it’s capacity to teach a lesson to even those with the most honorable of intentions. May we all remember the good and try to forget the bad. It’s all we can do sometimes… just to survive.