Reason stamps its feet
and yells: 'Forget!'
but the heart
will not give way
they stand apart
as the past they traverse
the perennial tug-of-war
the inner torture and restlessness-

'shed no tears'
says the former
'tears make me'
respond the latter-

there's no common meeting-place
never are they in consensus
acrimony,  blame and rage
how they loom and oppress-

the human condition and life
what's right and what's wrong?
what and who is the arbitrator?
what's weak and what's strong?

even ageless time gets weary
as the universe it orbits along
every facet of mankind it has seen
immune to its melancholic song-

there's no winner in this war
seasons appear only to fade away
reason wears out and the heart sinks
the  last flicker of light dies out at the end of day.