Hush, Little Pulse

I hear the song of metal red blood
the pounding of your veins
the wind, life, breathing in your skin

Beep beep beep
goes the machine

threatening
every second
that it will

STOP

thump thump thump
goes the pulse in your skin

softly beckoning
barely there
proving you're still

HERE

thudthudthudthudthud
goes your heart

beating
fast
racing no one but

TIME

I hear the scream of a world, spinning
the cries of eternity, deaf, unknown
the heart, life, does it function

beyond a muscle pumping miracle
any more?