ways of living X.

cold & dead inside,

unable to fathom the

kind of emotions that

make others walk around

with elegant smiles,

unable to make sense of

anything of the heart,

whatsoever, the mind

wins out, the mind decides,

for this person, the mind

dictates & determines

every movement with

intricately acute

measurement, reducing

all aspects of life to

problems that can be

solved without the heartbeat

growing anything beyond

that subtle, almost silent

tap, which others might

find themselves having in

a library setting, or just

before they drift off to

sleep.