The Battle Within

by Tammy Greaton

 

What are the differences

from you to me

It depends on the view

it shapes what we see

 

You are prepared

to retire in style

I have to continue

to work for a while

 

Your hair is turning

to that color gray

For years to come

mine will yet stay

 

Your children are grown

and off on their own

My child has years

before he has flown

 

Beyond the years

our minds work the same

The things that we want

and can verbally name

 

It is the battle

you wage deep within

Between your heart and mind

you must let your heart win

 

Your mind wants control

over all that you do

Your heart screams to be heard

it demands a voice too

 

And so wages the battle

you know deep within

If your heart gains control

then your mind can not win

 

So where is the peace

your soul seeks to find

It waits with the love

you deny with your mind

 

If your mind wins

we can not be

Then I lose the peace

I can now see

 

The aches and the pains

we traverse in this life

Must come to something

after all the strife

 

Should I sit and watch

these hearts of ours bleed

Or give up the battle

to your mind indeed

 

The question that haunts me

and will all my day

If I turn my back

and just walk away

 

Just give up the battle

and say your mind wins

Does my mind take over

to choke my heart from within

 

Then there is always the question

my heart and mind hate to face

What if you have no battle

within taking place

The Battle Within 2001©Tammy Greaton