About “Head, Heart”

This poem was very short but was very powerful in the sense that this is a very common struggle amongst people daily. To me I took this poem as either being read as losing a love/relationship or possibly even losing someone to death but as I read more I decided that it hit me more as a broken heart kind of poem. Another thing that led me in this direction was the fact that it was called “Head, Heart” which are the two things someone turns to when trying to make decisions about a relationship. People never really know whether they should listen to what their heart is saying or what their head is saying. The theme of this poem to me was heartbreak, it was the breakdown of the steps that come after a break up. When these things happen so suddenly and out of the blue, people do not necessarily where to begin to handle it. They do not know if they should cry their lives away or think of all the positives that can come out of this. I like how the poem made the head and heart seem like realistic beings instead of just body parts. They were more alive which made the poem more meaningful. I guess this also struck home with me because I have been through it time and time again and even though at first you may think there is no hope for a future I have seen that there is.