The Heart

Writing Prompt 2/9

For the heart, life is simple: it beats for as long as it can.
-Karl Ove Knausgaard  My Struggle

That rhythmic one-two punch
that spasm of muscle
the organ grinder that makes my monkey of a body dance.

That little engine that can
that metronome keeping time
that stopwatch counting my days.

That symbol of love,
that skipper of beats
that magnet pulling me towards you.