Irrational, I'm called irrational <br />For loving too much with little return <br />For not moving on when my heart does burn <br />But, when all's said and done, what's rational? <br /> <br />Is it the absence of all emotion? <br />Not chasing love with reckless abandon? <br />Or leaping not knowing what I'll land in? <br />And not letting my heart cause commotion? <br /> <br />Is it choosing a path for logic's sake <br />While abandoning all romantic thought? <br />Thinking ten steps ahead while feeling not? <br />Are feelings a risk I just shouldn't take? <br /> <br />Irrational, I might very well be <br />But, life without love is simply not me <br /> <br />Love's irrational in so many ways <br />And it's love that makes me do what I do <br />And say what I say and oft makes me blue <br />Yet, just as often, it sets me ablaze <br /> <br />Oh, how irrational lovers must seem <br />To the man who doesn't know how to feel <br />It must appear odd to see someone kneel <br />As that someone's heart's been ripped at the seam <br /> <br />Judge forth you logical experts on high <br />Shake your swollen heads, click your sharpened teeth <br />Render your verdict to me, here beneath <br />Oh, and of course, fail not to roll your eyes <br /> <br />Because, irrational, I might well be <br />But, life without love is simply not me <br /> <br />So, I will go on dreaming of a day <br />When my wife and I will walk hand in hand <br />Down the greened hill and on to the white sand <br />Yes, I will dream of a life lived that way <br /> <br />And, I'll love others without condition <br />Not expecting in kind that which I give <br />Pouring forth my love like a broken sieve <br />Giving my all will become my mission <br /> <br />And, someday when I'm old I look and find <br />I'm alone, without a wife by my side <br />At least I'll know that my love never died <br />I may die alone, but I won't die blind <br /> <br />And, I'll be known as irrational me <br />But, my life without love, just couldn't be <br /> <br /> <br />(August 13th, 2011)<br /><br />Danny Speicher<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/irrational-3/
