8.21.2026

Arrogance of the Intellect

 


 

It takes time for the body to catch up

to what the mind already senses.

Then there is the heart;

where is the heart in this?

 

Left out of the equation—an unnecessary variable.

A stone fortress pulsating with confidence,

or a prison of compartmentalization?

 

The variable seeking for a way to break through cracks.

 

A heart seeps up through a miscalculation,

rewriting the formula with its subterranean fluid.

Stones being porous,

the echo can’t contain itself any longer.

 

Somewhere a fortress is crumbling

 

 

 

NOTE: I wrote this while watching (re)watching Scarface this afternoon... I tend to shed tears watching a lot of movie genres—including comedy—but I didn't think it was possible to shed so many with Scarface! What an intense movie. It's probably been 20 years since I watched it last.

 

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