Where Mind And Heart Collide. Poem by prince ndeserua

The mind said:
Imagine a world without animals
only roots and leaves,
no blood spilled,
no pain,
no cries breaking the air.

A quiet earth.
Peaceful.
Still.

Trees heavy with fruit,
green stretching to every horizon,
air untouched,
the planet breathing without fear.

The heart replied:
Yes, it would be beautiful
but beauty unseen is silence.
Eyes were not given to trees.
Who would witness the miracle?
Who would call it beautiful?

What are fruits
if no one tastes their sweetness?
What is growth
if it feeds no hunger?

What is the sky
if nothing dares to rise into it?

Without humans
no towers reaching upward,
no art carved from pain,
no hands to guard the earth.
Only wilderness.
Only thorns.

Life depends on life.
As I depend on you.

I send the blood.
You draw the map.
Remove one
the world collapses.
Meaning disappears.

The mind paused,
then struck deeper:

Then tell me
what if she never existed?

You would be at peace.
No fear gripping your nights.
No weight on your chest.
You would chase your dreams freely,
untangled.

You'd have a family,
a simpler life.
You wouldn't bleed
for someone who doesn't see you.

Why fight for a ghost?
Why ache for a name
that doesn't answer back?
She gave you nothing.
Yet you give everything.

You are aging.
Time is not waiting.
Let go.
Choose life.

The heart stood firm:
Without her, I am nothing.

Everything has its season.
Every beginning demands an ending.

Without her,
I would not stand here.
I would have no dreams.
She is the reason I learned to dream.

I own nothing
yet through her
I gained vision,
wisdom,
strength,
a sharpened mind,
a deeper knowing.

I believe in timing.
I believe God opens doors
when the hour arrives.

Even if I die today,
I die poor
rich in heart.

Every thirst I endured
was for her.
Love does not begin in the hands
it begins in the heart.

You see it too.
You know this love's weight,
its fire,
its truth.

Let us protect it.
It is our gold.

Walk with me.
Pray with me.
That day
it will come.

The mind finally bowed:

I accept.
We are one blood.
Your dreams are mine.
Your purpose my purpose.

Together we think.
Together we endure.
Together
always.