Morning 8/18/17

to wake once more
and again
this morning
showing it's face
and I will show it mine

I am still listening
Morning voices
calling out

Days turning on an axis
Listening
to your beating heart
my ear against
your chest
Life and only life
and nothing but life
This moment
Every moment
Heartbeat
beating through
keeping hope
alive
keeping us
alive

Beat moves along slow
How long will you follow it
As long as you move

Ribcage Cracked and Spread

My heart is open
and it is bleeding

Like a scalpel 
through my skin

Like my sternum 
cracked open

Like my ribs
spread apart

Like my stunned heart
beating in the air

I will not forget 
the scars

I will remember 
and I will fight

Until life rescinds
its gift