I LONG

I long
I pine
I yearn
My mind knows better
but my heart will not learn.
Sometimes one’s greatest sorrow
Is also the greatest gift, I know
but how to stop a heart
that will not listen?
To me it remains a mystery
enshrouded
and well hidden from view…
I have given up trying
to teach my foolish heart
for it listens not
and defeats me at every turn
So I long
I pine
I still yearn