Swallowed My Head, So I Think With My Heart

©2022 Juliet Altmann

My heart lives in my head

and my head lives in my stomach

I swallowed it because I think brainpower

is often over-summoned

I’m a cartographer mapping out the maze

that is my monkey mind

Even when the path is clear

I get turned around, intertwined

It sometimes feels impossible

to free myself from pain with logic

That’s why I keep my heart in my head

my head in my stomach

and some poems in my pocket

©2022 Juliet Altmann

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