Heart Race

[zorro]

Heart race
Keeps pace with
Time’s running out
Can feel the beat
Pulsing sound
Pounding in my head
Thumpa
Thumpa
Cavernous chest
Cavity
Caged beast
Locked up
Needs release
Pressure on my chest
At the crest of passing
Outside the scope
Of hope and healing
Death stealing away
My today and tomorrow
I’m on borrowed time
Need to feel
And finish this rhyme
Before I succumb
To the hum
Getting louder in my brain
Please explain
Why this
Why now
Why me
Can’t you see?
I’m not done
I can still feel the sun
On my face
In this place
Where I escape
The pain
Can’t complain
This terrain
Is my Shangri-la
I’m not ready to fall
Beneath the ground
Where my sounds
Can’t be heard
My voice is still here
Still clear
Carrying on
Living long
After I’m gone