Richard Johnson Poems

The Analytical Mind… The Persistent Heart…
The mind will reason, will rationalize, will consider
But the heart, it can only feel
The mind can perceive, can observe, can calculate
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Here I stand on this balcony...

I take a pull and then take a sip
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Though in truth, I am a pessimist
Expecting a trampled heart
So I keep everyone at an arm’s length
Until they have proven their worth
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Somedays I know you love me

Somedays I don't
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Where were you
When I needed love…?
When my heart decided that blood was no longer enough
To keep life in these limbs…?
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You say you need me but, I want you to want me.
Needing something in a sense is bondage.
You need something in order to get something you want.
You need air to stay alive. Air is needed but what is wanted is to
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What are we doing here...?
How did it get this far...?
What reason had we to fool ourselves?
To live true lies the way we are.
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What is this thing called Happiness

And why do we search so vehemently for it...
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