{"id":2751,"date":"2025-10-05T08:06:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T08:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bobboydpoems.com\/the-heart-knows-what-it-wants-it-is-said\/"},"modified":"2025-10-05T08:06:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T08:06:13","slug":"the-heart-knows-what-it-wants-it-is-said","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/the-heart-knows-what-it-wants-it-is-said\/","title":{"rendered":"The Heart Knows What It Wants, It Is Said"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve often read the heart knows what it wants,<br>\nas if the heart knew better than the head.<\/p>\n<p>I like the sound and sentiment in that saying;<br>\nto me, it suggests the heart is truer in finding love<br>\nthan the head.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, despite what the heart wants, I think the head<br>\nis a far better guide when seeking love.<\/p>\n<p>I base this partly on my own experience,<br>\ntoo often I\u2019ve been led by my heart<br>\nwhen I should have been guided by my head.<\/p>\n<p>And woe upon woes, the heartaches<br>\nthe heart caused my head.<\/p>\n<p>Bob Boyd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve often read the heart knows what it wants, as if the heart knew better than the head. I like the sound and sentiment in that saying; to me, it suggests the heart is truer in finding love than the head. Yet, despite what the heart wants, I think the head is a far better&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/the-heart-knows-what-it-wants-it-is-said\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2751"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2751\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}