A Cold Business

There are times when things

are not all that pleasant.

When a hard line must be taken

and emotion left to the side.

When a heartache must be

silenced with reason and logic.

It’s a rotten business sometimes,

but we all know it must be done.

We have to cut the most hurtful

heart-stings and bury hatchets in

old pine footlockers and shove them

under the bed.

The sentimental mind must give way

to the rational, unencumbered with

the weight of an emotional choice and

rely solely on the cold, hard facts.

We can cry about it later, we can mourn

it later, but making the hard choice is a must.

Love can be rational,

it doesn’t have to always be mad, crazy, love.

Sometimes we show our greatest love

by being our most strict selves in the face

of highly charged feelings. We can do it.

We always have in the past.

We should not fear the pain it can

temporarily cause, when the joy in the

long run is the goal. A hard “NO” now might

mean a heart-lifting “YES” later. It’s just

having the patience and fortitude to

know when to make the choice.  

So I think I’ll just have vanilla,

at least for now.