An Echo Near and Far

5/3/11

An Echo Near and Far

With closed eyes and breath,

Tranquil and even as waves on a shore,

I lowered my head onto your chest

And listened to the beat-beating of your heart,

The natural tap-tap of your life ticking,

Sealed safe inside you, yet open to me.

I listened to your subtle metronome ticking,

Tranquil and even as love’s delight,

And heard your heart pump-pumping,

Quiet, but definite,

And heard it echo in my skull,

And felt it rush my blood,

And felt it beat-beating, like life,

In my own very heart.

I hear the rhythm everywhere,

The echoes still rebounding,

I hear it in the very air

My skull, my heart is pounding.

My love, my love, my love is pounding,

I hear it echo far,

It echoes down the street, the trees,

The grass, the sky, the stars,

Beyond e’en there I feel it pass

To distances beyond

Where man can never reach with his hand –

It takes two hearts, a bond.