Diastolic Conscience

The heart is not deceptive.
That my friend is the soul.
The heart is simply a mechanical pump,
Not a diabolical systole.

But, a diastolic conscience
That beats a troubled mind
Will guilt you into a faulty illusion
And murmur at all the wrong times.

So, if you listen to your heart,
That my friend is delusion,
For you can get caught up
In the psychic lub-dup,
And miss the great pageantry of being.

-jenn long