The heart and the brain are at war
The beat goes to the synapses and makes them snap
The rubber band on the makeshift guitar
Plays a melody only the fingers understand.
The lips blow bubbles into the sky
Hoping they turn into balloons that cannot pop.
The candy store closes 3 hours too early
Because customers don’t want rotten teeth
But rotten hearts come from lack of childhood dreams
The apple core is thrown an inch from the wastebasket
The flies won’t devour it,
Because why consume what has already been consumed?
The consumers shop at flashy malls hoping to validate their originalities
With cookie cutter brand names.
The housewife in the kitchen bakes cookies without chips
Because chocolate can only appear when happiness is readily available
Her brain and heart at war, not over emotion, but rather out of obligation