Nothing haunts me more than the sound of a heartbeat. That thumping racket repeatedly changing pace, either increasing or decreasing. That heartbeat can mean anything; it may be beating faster, slower, or normally for a multitude of reasons. My heart is the center of my universe.
1. It’s an everyday thing to keep me going. It carries me through the challenges of every waking moment that it beats.
2. It lets me know that my system is being drowned in my own blood.
3. It beats normally to let me know that I’m normal.
4. It beats faster and slower, letting me know that I’m anything but normal.
5. It beats until the day I die.
6. The faster I run, the faster it beats.
7. When I’m truly frightened by the elements of terror in our world, my heart will signal this by beating faster, or it’ll stop.
8. Whenever I sneeze, cough, or hiccup, my heart doesn’t stop in contrast to popular belief.
9. When I take a moment to sit still with my thoughts rather than the activity of my heart, it decelerates.
10. It compliments my breathing, one breath at a time, it keeps me alive.
11. When I’m feeling stone cold, it goes slower and slower, as if ice is coursing through my veins.
12. When I’m enraged, it goes faster and faster, as if flames are engulfing my ribcage, instigating action.
13. The sound of the thumping is truly haunting as you listen to your heart change it’s pace. As it gains or loses momentum, you’re left wondering whether you’re really living or dying.
14. It beats in rhythm with other inhabitants of the world, letting me know that I’m not alone.
15. It beats in correspondence with the one I love, showing that we’re connected to each other for a reason.
16. It beats in agreement only with her, for our relationship is defined while others are not.
17. It’s an organ I share in common with not only the human species, but any other creature that has ever roamed this universe.
18. It serves as a main source of connection and not of difference.
19. It beats to serve my brain and other main parts of my body.
20. It enables me to serve in all functions of life.
21. It has served me well through prenatal development, infancy, childhood, and adolescence.
22. It will continue to do it’s job through adulthood, old age, all the way till death.
23. It rules my physical existence, I’m not entirely sure if I can keep it after I die.
24. It guides me through bouts of happiness, sorrow, anger, despair, fear, surprise, nervousness, alertness, exhaustion, hope, desire, love, hate, relaxation, loneliness, curiosity, hurt, humor, rage, stress, passion, boredom, emptiness, embarrassment, anxiety, and inner peace.
25. It is me.
My Seven Devils 