Heartbeat

Heartbeat

slow down,

for fear you will

beat out of my chest;

for fear you will

tear away at my facade;

for fear you will

give me away;

for fear you will

beat so quickly one day

that the very thing

telling me I'm alive

will be the very thing

to cause me to die.

***

You cannot be trusted , heartbeat.

***

You race with the slightest changes

in my emotions.

You race when I am scared

and in like.

You race with the unknown

and anticipation.

You race at a person's physicality

and disregard their personality.

***

You are stubborn and a liar, heartbeat.

***

Twisted sob stories

tug at your strings

and leads my body and motives

instead of my common sense.

You like to cause me

nothing but trouble and pain , heartbeat.

***

So heartbeat,

I know who you are,

and I know what

you are capable of.

But know you are not

the first thing I will listen to,

because experience and advice

have taught me otherwise.