can you hear it?

I can hear the whistle

combined with

the chugging engine

the rolling metal wheels

as they speed over the tracks

but above the distant roar

I can pick out your heartbeat

among a hundred others

because it coincides

with mine.

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• Date written: January 30, 2018 • Word Count: 44 • Line Count: 11 • Stanza Count: 1 •