Realization

Here in the dark, I reach to cling to you. You hold me close & cease my trembling. You're heartbeat always tells me something new. The only sound that's worth remembering. You stroke my hair & wipe my teary cheek. My whimpering is silenced by your kiss. Your hand in mine both kept me strong & weak. Yet even then, I mourned the beats I miss. But now the sun comes creeping in the room. Reluctantly, I open up my eye. The daylight is a harbinger of gloom. The only heartbeat that I hear is mine.