Heartbeat


Sunday, October 18, 2009

To Know You're Alive

Check the pulse
Listen for it pounding
Beat. Beat.
Beat. Beat.
Check the breath
Listen for it whispering
Sigh. Sigh.
Sigh. Sigh.
Then remember
They died a long time ago
All you can hear
Is the shell of life
Anchoring them
To us, and everything
They wanted to escape

Check the heart
Echoes of nothing
To know they were alive
Once