# # Problem Heart Poem by Sonya Florentino
# # Problem Heart
My problem is I romanticize
I fantasize, I idealize
When things should be blatant and ugly
Realistic, objectified
My problem is I dramatize
I personalize, I empathize
When things should be simple and clear-cut
Black-and-white, cut-and-dry
My problem is
I'd rather die than be brutal
My problem is
I'd rather cry than be cruel
My problem is I have soft spots in my heart
That no matter what I do they never get hard
My problem is I think with my heart
My problem is
I am hampered
by Love
© 2009 Sonya Florentino
Sonya: the end of your poem reminds me so much of Neruda. Great minds must think alike, eh? The word structure, the rhythm, the rhyming..it is all exquisite. So glad to have met you halfway, mind to mind here! cheers Patti
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4/25/2024 2:13:43 AM # 1.0.0.1119
Gosh this one resonates. Think I suffer from the same condition. It's beautifully creafted and simple yet its message is very effective. Great work Sonya - love it! HG: -) xx