The day my heart hijacked my brain,
I fell very deeply under your spell.
Since then, till the day you parted,
My heart was busy freezing the moments.

Paths crossing and the paths parting,
Strangers to each other before and after,
The only moments recorded with time stamps.
In between, they are just snapshots, or short videos.

They keep erupting incessantly,
Reminding me of the days when
My brain was yelling at my insanity, and
The heart kept on ignoring that loud noise.

Now, it is the heart that has been defeated;
It is still not ready to be ruled by the brain,
As every moment it is reminded by these snapshots.
Nonetheless, the brain is trying to help it heal.

©Bharathi Devi