Your heart
is always racing.
It must be trying to win.
What piece of you
will have to lose
to make that happen?
I wish I had
a handy anecdote
to validate your choice for you,
but I can’t help it:
I think you’re wrong.
I think it’s OK to lose a little,
now and then, and
you ought not to let your heart
race so often.
Winning isn’t all it’s
alleged to be by winners.
Losers can’t see the downside.
There’s been a hell of a lot
of hype in winning’s favor,
but consider how often some hearts
harden upon winning
all their races. Better, I think,
for the heart to relax and accept
what comes. Accept
loss and win equally. Strive less.
And above all, stop
falling into so much love.
Stop your heart from speeding up
so much that it is always either
breaking or just broken
or just returning from a long
convalescence. Let it heal
and stop, at least for a while.
There will be plenty of time
for a tortoise heart to win. That’s
something we’ve forgotten,
that not everything needs
to be accomplished overnight.
Dark Matter 
February 11th, 2013 at 10:30 pm
Your poetry is amazing! Most people don’t realize that often love takes time, heck life takes time, and slow and steady often wins the race.
February 12th, 2013 at 12:56 am
Thank you. And Yes…if you’re doing it right, it takes time.