Beating Heart

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Raquel Cruz

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my heart

does not beat for

anyone but me,

but when i’m

around you,

my blood is

rushing,

my nerves are

firestorms,

and my heart

is beating so fast,

it’s hard to believe

that anyone but you

could take

claim.

 

sometimes,

i wish that my heart

did beat for you—

it’d make all of

these stars that

i’m seeing

and these hearts

that i’m feeling,

make sense.

 

but if my heart

beats for me,

and my mind

is focused on

you,

then maybe,

these thoughts

and blood-racing

beats

are in time

with yours