When they look at the brain and the heart <br />They can render the physical body transparent <br />Like a ghost appearing on video film <br />And they can see that the heart <br />Has an electrical field signature <br />Sixty times that of the brain <br /> <br />The heart is an indefatigable engine <br />A rotary mechanized spark plug <br />Always reverberating the ether- by comparison <br />The brain is a silent, contemplative bystander <br />Generating little signal, consuming little current <br />But they depend on one another <br /> <br />Much as we depend on each other- <br />Without the brain as overseer <br />The heart would slow down till it stopped <br />Or it might speed up faster and faster <br />Till it broke down; like a diesel engine <br />With gasoline poured in as fuel, instead <br /> <br />And without the heart as pump <br />The brain would gradually cease to function <br />Like letters fading in a once flooded book <br />Like genetic code with letters gone missing <br />Like a computer losing electricity- <br />Until it's current of soul has all leaked away. <br /> <br /> <br />(Heart electric field signature sixty times that of the brain)<br /><br />Patti Masterman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/brain-vs-heart/
