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"Intuition vs Logic" by Brooke Brownlee

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May 15th, 2026

San Francisco Poetry Contest #1 – First Place

Intuition vs Logic

by Brooke Brownlee

You do not see my beauty —
you only count my currency.
I cannot prove it;
I can only feel it.

The loss of my divinity
for the comfort of empiricism,
the sterile light of fact.
Now I search for evidence
in the ruins of intuition —
and find only the wide, echoing void of it.

I gaslight myself
with scientific theory,
rewriting my soul into data.
Still, I cannot prove it;
I can only feel it.

The feeling in my bones is molten lead —
heavy, searing, sacred in its burden.
Each day I carry the weight
of what I surrendered for reason:
my tenderness,
my mystery,
my quiet sense of God.

When I hold you,
my skin becomes flame.
How do I explain this?
Language fractures under its own logic.
I cannot prove it;
I can only feel it.

Set me free, I beg of you.
Let my soul escape through your eyes.
You are unmaking me —
I molten to your bed,
burning through every proof of self.

I cannot prove it.

About the Poet
Brooke Brownlee resides in Half Moon Bay, California, United States.
Read the poet's biography and Wax Poetry and Art publications on Brooke Brownlee's Artist Page.

This poem is featured in Poetry World #15, published in the Wax Poetry and Art Library.

Keywords: loss of divinity, gaslight, Intuition vs Logic, empiricism

Previously published in San Francisco Poetry Magazine:
Tangerine
by Brandon Thien An Vu

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