Calm my heart,
beating only,
drums slowly,
sounding lonely,
in this vague
and begging rest,
lurks a most,
intrusive guest,
sleep, far fleeting,
fast retreating,
dimly are
my thoughts discreet-ing,
denied of
un-distressful rest,
my heart no longer
in my breast,
peaceful slumber,
Is encumbered,
heard like thunder.
Is the beating,
and repeating,
shocking silence
upon meeting…
cease, increasing,
flowing tenseness,
virile madness
of the senses,
mingled in a
spiral denseness,
even then,
is the beating,
although been,
still repeating,
and the beating,
still repeating,
hearing a familiar greeting.