For Poe
Once there was a heart
that fell in love with a brain
Together they made art
but the brain would sometimes strain
to subdue its logical proclivities
and the heart would sit and cry
The heart cared only for emotional activities
While the brain preferred to ask why
The heart would listen to the brain's wonders
Beguiled by all that he thought
But the heart's feelings to the brain were blunders
When he began to ponder “why not?”
So he left the heart in command
to see if life would change
but eventually he could not stand
the reoccurring pain
When the heart would sink too deep
with feelings of passion aglow
then be ripped apart and begin to weep
laden with oceans of woe
He called for an end to the madness
and stepped back into control
and hoped for no more sadness
But only together was a body whole
So the brain and the heart became one
And learned to work together
and though there was often sun
there was sometimes a change in the weather.