A HEARTBEAT



  Listen to my heartbeat, thump, thump, It beats,



  Blood runs through it, listen to me as I breathe.



  A heartbeat means life, It beats fast or slow, 



  Thump, thump, it goes, a heartbeat that slowly 
  Grows old.


  It speaks of who I am, only one of a kind,



  Listen, thump, thump, with a hand to my chest, feel 
  As I am alive.


  A heartbeat lets us know that this moment is still ours,



  Hear it pound, listen to its beautiful sound.



  Thump, thump, thump, thump, one beat at a time,



  A heartbeat so precious, thump as it beats one more time.


                                         Keith Garrett