Mind Games

Suspicion
are you genuine or
full of bad intention?
I can play the game
but I'm so tired now
my mind is not the same
innocence, paradise lost

Hope rises and falls
like the breath in your chest
I lay my head there
and your heart is home

the strategist
I see a board of chess
overthinking analyst
cataclysmic thoughts
and I'm thinking too hard
again

But you are so simple
so lovely and kind
your mind does not play mine
your heart is genuine
and my mind works-
so tenuous

I try too hard
fall too fast
and love too much
and my mind is reeling
spinning as I realize
you are safe
and I can breathe this time