A Conversation

Fighting Words: A poem by Maja Grzywacz (14), Temple Carrig School, Greystones, Co Wicklow

I see a boy
My heart tells me to ask him out
My head tells me no
I will humiliate myself

Maja Grzywacz (14)
Maja Grzywacz (14)

I see a person being bullied
My heart says stand up
My head says no
I will start getting bullied myself

I see me breaking down
My heart says ask for help
My head says no
No one will believe me

Your heart and brain are in the same body
But they feel and think so differently
The heart is your true feeling
Your head is there for you to dismiss that feeling
But if you let those negative feelings in
One day, it will crush you