Your heart, meanwhile, knew.

Your heart put up with all of this, beating all this time
for you
in a beat you could bear, but no more.

Life is not a beat one can bear.

Life is a beat that reverberates out from your heart
right into the other person’s chest and causes the feelings
to twist and tremble,
to remember their own existence and find their way,
bravely, up
and out.

It is a thrilling state,
enabling your body to generate a silent sound that can make
every
molecule
move
and let go of ballast, in an exhaling of pure relief,
a vibrant dance that is most beautiful when shared.