By Crystevin
Date: 18 June 1999

Skip a Beat for Me

Love pains
and numbness
haunt the healthy heart
pounding beneath my breast.

You were there
the first time it skipped
and it still does that
now and then
when i get excited.

But mostly now
my heartbeat retreats
as the blood 
still flows
through this
worn out
heart of mine
never quitting
still beating
only trying 
to keep time.



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