aorta

i am torn, and tattered and tired...
i'm beaten and strengthened and steeled.

i've learned to fail and i have failed to learn

i've been burnt n sloshed n crumbled to dust
i've been rebuilt from metals that oozed out of meteors
i've been soaked in the sands of the burning beach

i live in the split seconds of my blink
i move within my veins
i burn within my stomach all day
i bleed with every beat.


i live
i did, i will.