Bright Air
2022
Do you ever feel as if your heart is tired?
From all you’ve put it through,
All the beating,
And the breaking.
The one day at a time
When all is seemingly falling apart like slow concrete and dynamite,
Sleepless mornings,
Where you close your eyes tighter in the hope sleep will come for you sooner,
And maybe in some way you’ll wake up to your heart on bright air,
Do you ever feel your heartbeat,
And ask how it continues to beat,
Despite this continued campaign against it,
A whole life,
Carried by this muscle which feeds my body,
It hasn’t ever slept,
Nor stopped for rest,
Or taken a break when the going got tough,
It refuses to let me die,
Despite all of this living.
But one day,
Some day,
it will go to sleep,
Forever,
As if it’s saying ‘you can take a break now.’
From all you’ve put it through,
All the beating,
And the breaking.
The one day at a time
When all is seemingly falling apart like slow concrete and dynamite,
Sleepless mornings,
Where you close your eyes tighter in the hope sleep will come for you sooner,
And maybe in some way you’ll wake up to your heart on bright air,
Do you ever feel your heartbeat,
And ask how it continues to beat,
Despite this continued campaign against it,
A whole life,
Carried by this muscle which feeds my body,
It hasn’t ever slept,
Nor stopped for rest,
Or taken a break when the going got tough,
It refuses to let me die,
Despite all of this living.
But one day,
Some day,
it will go to sleep,
Forever,
As if it’s saying ‘you can take a break now.’
