heartsong or heartstrong

or both. enjoy. 


I know every vein in your body

have touched the ones

protruding at your forearms and the tops of your feet

pushed them and seen that they are both resilient and collapsible 

felt

blood

throbbing

rising and falling

against your inner layer of skin

systolic pressure 

pushing your vessels outward

pushing you outward

and towards me

in rhythm

the rhythm of your heart beat

drumming in smooth two-step to the beat of my own

your blood

filling my chest cavity

dulling the sound of my heart

in the heart 

of this unfamiliar city

a city of hope

cracked into a million pieces 

and i dream pieces

of you from a half empty bed

see,

i'd be content to know half of me

but sometimes you hold on so tight

that my heart has sprung a leak

and the constant drip

is out of cadence 

with the familiar, steady drum

we have constructed from human bone and 

human skin

tightened and secured

with plaited human hair

still slick and sweet smelling from the shower

yes, it is

out of cadence 

with that familiar, steady drum

beat myself every night

to quiet the circus marching through my chest

wondering if migraines are a normal side effect

or if by being sensitive to light

i can hide in the dark

or if a little cotton in the ears could

silence the noise

and i could just sleep in peace tonight

instead i feel like i am underwater

even my own voice is unclear

and you're gone so often that i can't

fall back in step with the music

then it starts to fade out

and in the silence

i create my own.