The Feelings In Your Heart Poem by Deidre Dixon

Who put a limit on the time when someone should feel a certain way?
Can you really control how you feel about someone even though your mouth won’t say?
We’re quick to express our dislike for someone or to find something wrong with them.
When it comes to expressing our fondness or love for someone we quickly withdraw then.
It seems that we’re afraid to open up our hearts and allow our feelings to flow true and free.
To fake and withhold and hide and run away seem to be the going mentality.
So many hearts have been wounded and torn apart when they were allowed to freely flow.
But the real problem lies not in opening up your heart, but in just how far did you go.
You see, opening your heart to someone doesn’t mean you have to get physical and jump into the sack.
Then your soul and emotions get all tied up without any commitment and you can’t take any of it back.
You want to hold what you feel has been done to you against anyone else who tries to get in.
It’s not their fault that you compromised your values and self worth to the point of stooping to sin.
We try to blame others when we are the real culprits of how relationships affect our mind, body and spirit.
We open our hearts and other things to people who mean us no good and have no business near it.
We must begin to understand that relationships are spiritual and in our lives a very powerful thing.
They can affect you in negative or positive ways with all of the attachments they bring.
If we are ever going to be in a position to allow our feelings to flow free and true.
We will have to take an introspective look at ourselves, seek God and allow our minds to be renewed.
How you feel about someone should not be based on how they feel about you.
And just because you feel a certain way doesn’t mean getting involved is necessarily what you should do.
You have to use wisdom in how you distribute your feelings and learn how to guard your heart.
This doesn’t mean being suspicious of everyone you encounter, but being realistic about possibilities from the start.
When you are dealing with people you already know there is not one person who is perfect in everything.
Just like you every person you meet has shortcomings and adversity in their lives that into a relationship they will bring.
It is up to you get to know someone to an extent that you can properly discern the place they have with you.
Whether you met them for a reason, a season or a lifetime will determine what you should do.
Don’t go farther than you should in hopes of being closer to someone ‘cause when it doesn’t work out you’ll be hurt.
Upholding your values will command their admiration, and this is what will make a relationship work.
Be yourself and know that you deserve to be honored and treated with the utmost respect.
Doing this alone will give you much confidence in yourself and guard the heart you want so desperately to protect
Don’t be tricked into thinking that in order to have what you want you have to compromise.
It’s actually on the contrary, and when you realize this you will get the prize.
When you discern that someone is good people and you want a relationship to start.
You don’t have to be afraid to open up and let them know what’s really in your heart.
Just take it one day at a time and keep in mind that people and seasons do change.
That way if things don’t work out the way you would have liked you can move on and not feel strange.