Life Sans / With Reason

a poem by Karthik Sankar

I did not know what my heart did want
I did think it wanted
But I reasoned out-
That longing for something
Will stop my thinking
Hard and long was my thought
Focussed-
I did not listen to my heart
For I reasoned out
What my heart longed-
Was beyond reach
And then I knew
What I thought was right
My heart had longed in vain
The longing was
Someone else’s!!!!