Hey everyone. I figured since it's been awhile since I've been here and posted a poem that I would put up a few of my newest ones for you. This one's simply about the heart...the heartbeat and all it can say to you when someone's holding you.

~Keri
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“My Heart’s Score”

You know it beats
Behind soul’s breast
You know it races
When I try to rest

If there’s one thing that cannot lie
In the midst of pretending to be tough
If there’s one thing I cannot control
In the quiet comfort of your arms
It’s the pounding your ear can’t ignore
It’s the urgency that my heart scores
It’s the music
The rhythm
That cries for more

You know it sighs
When it surrenders to you
You know it whispers
In a language only taught to you

If there’s one thing that reveals truth
Inbetween the distance and the closeness
If there’s one thing that takes a life of its own
When you pull me in without apology
It’s the steady pulse that lingers here
It’s the way it calms once it knows you’re near
It’s the symphony
The lone voice
That sings so clear, so sincere

It’s right here, right here
I couldn’t speak any words more true
I don’t need to speak
When it’s right here, right here
Wishing you’d simply hear
When I’m right here, right here
Just wanting to be.

--11/26/04 Copyright Keri S.

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"I will be the answer at the end of the line
I will be there for you while you take the time
In the burning of uncertainty, I will be your solid ground
I will hold the balance if you can't look down

If it takes my whole life, I won't break, I won't bend
It will all be worth it- worth it in the end
'Cause I can only tell you what I know
That I need you in my life
When the stars have all gone out
You'll still be burning so bright..."