Problems of the heart.

I like some of the concepts and expressions in this.  It shows the importance of choosing to accept heart and suggests what to do about it.  Many people distance themselves from feel and emotion, but I like to think that's a tremendous part of how human beings exist.  Like attempting to separate analysis from emotion, so that lobbyists can lie, there is dark heart as well.  It's important to understand heart, in knowing how to judge.  Emotion and heart exist even in critical thought and intellectuality.  It's a lot of how we interpret and relate and feel things and respond.  It cannot be denied.  It's an intrinsic and inherent component of regulating consciousness, and responding to relationships with people, be it casual or familiar.  With that said, you make some great points in overcoming trouble in triumph with such "feel."  What would a poem be without justice?  That is a matter of heart, and so is irony.  I could go on and on about the importance of heart.  Anyway, thanks for sharing!

Please continue, you make fascinating points

Also I briefly touched on the darker heart issues in my poem 'Political Gain'. I'm truly fascinated by your take on this piece though

As a critical thinker, I'm simply thoroughly convicted that you can't separate heart, feel, and emotion from mindful analysis, perspective, introspection, intellectuality, interpretation, definition, understanding, wisdom, etc.  It's an inherent component of identity, which is vicariously how we see and relate, via nature or people.  I realize that can be interpretative semantics, but that's the point - there's an emotion and feeling behind knowing it.  It really boils down to arrogance, haughtiness, ego, and pride, and how one chooses to communicate, or control, whether reading something, or communicating it.  There is a choice and option of whether to be evil or not, which involves conviction.  In itself, that's heart.  Just look at legal jargon.  It lacks soul, and it's used for evil in society.  Another point is that the heart can be good, if it's properly cared for.  Anyway, thanks for sharing your poem.

Beautiful poem. My heart has faults but it is an important center of my spirit.

Anyone that can admit their heart has faults is s person I want to be around