‍You know how the heart goes beep beep,
While awake or while asleep,
How the sound echoes in the ear,
How it instills in your loved ones, fear,
Fear that you might not make it,
Fear that their heart would not take it,
Take your demise as a fact,
Leaving behind all the things you wished to impact,
You know how the heart beats slow,
How reality hits you hard like a blow,
A blow to remind you that you had the time,
And in that time, you did not even save a dime,
You know when you feel your hands held,
Prayers and wishes, whether willing or compelled,
No one wishing to hear you die,
Not even your mother, to hear her sigh,
You know how life comes in a flash,
All of your memories and dreams gone in a dash,
You begin to wonder, how life can be so fast,
If you had known better, you would have lived everyday like it was your last,
You know how the heart goes beep beep,
One beat after the other, you slowly drift to sleep,
A sleep that you can never wake up from,
Not even with the loudest sounding drum,
As you hear the sounds grow farther,
You realize that you have gone further,
For this was all for one purpose,
One purpose for which you were chose,
You know how you were once born to shine,
After the joyful sound of your cries,
There is the sound of the flat line.
© Ese Naomi
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