Touchstone

The heart is like a touchstone

that judges what we see,

and renders up a verdict

from all the mind perceives.

 

From what we are,

and what we think we are,

and all that we remember,

and all that we've forgotten.

 


So from our mind we fill our heart

- and sometimes -

we're bewildered when

the two seem miles apart.

 

But the answer's very simple

it's all in what each sees,

the heart can see the forest

while the mind is counting trees.