Today my heart went wandering astray.
Containing muscle, valves and blood
behind a cage of bone, tissue and flesh.
My heart should be able to stay.

Unwilling to be restrained, I feel it
reaching past my ribs.
Unbidden in its search of the food that it needs.
Leaving behind a mass that so easily bleeds.

Today my heart went wandering astray.

Organic brain matter a poor custodian
of something of such value and wealth.
I feel it traveling, seeking another,
looking to find a twin of healing health.

Today my heart went wandering astray.

Like a wine sodden drunk looking for a fix.
My brain and body just along for the ride.
I wake to feel it's been journeying again.
Having no choice, we travel side by side.

Today my heart went wandering astray.

Let's hope that this trip will end well.
I sit outside and feel a breeze through my hair.
I take a deep breath and trust and not dwell.
Thinking these journeys are beginning to wear.

Today my heart went wandering astray.

 I am trusting this journey, giving in for now.
 We will see where this one leads.
For my heart has a mind of it's own.
I won't fight it, I'll embrace it again somehow.

Today my heart went wandering astray.

I've been down this path before
many times in my life.
Emotions mixing and stirring
the only things of that I can be sure.

Today my heart went wandering astray.

Just a part of my heart's life trip.
The mystery is, what will happen now.
My will to stop it is gone, I'll just follow along.
For heart has taken over for now.

Today I let my heart wander astray.