Feelings…
Are those
Tangible
Intangibles
Which create
Ripples
In a pond
And weave
A current
In the wind
So that
As they brush us
A warmth
Spreads
And grows…

 Feelings…
Darken our gaze
Shorten
Our breath
Moisten
Our need
Widen
Our lips
Crinkle our eyes
Quicken
The heart
All those tangible
Intangibles

 And yet…
We are compelled
To define
Describe
Explain
Justify
Restrain
Deny
Abandon
If they
Meet not
The requirements
Dictated
By the mind…

 Feelings…
Do they not
Evolve

Arise
Begin
Belong
To the heart…
Then why
I wonder
Are they
At the mercy
Of the mind?