It's a unique poem. I thinks it's meaning is that our hearts are like clocks and they keep the time of our bodies.

Wow. I'm blown-away by this poem, actually. Its simplicity makes the message that much more powerful and profound!
"...in a house full of antiques." An especially nice twist! :D

I agree with Ernest bloom; I think that adding to it would diminish it as it stands now. It would still make it a wonderful poem but of a different character. I think it makes you think more for it to be so terse. Keep up the good work, I love it.

I have to disagree with NPLA. I think adding anything to this would diminish it.

Nice.

The 'Old Clock' could represent the expanse of time in which the heart has lived and all of the things its endured.

'The house full of antiques'. Hm, heart cluttered by memorandums? Things it's unable to forget? So it's easy to say that the beat is probably sloven?

Lol, I tried! But anyway, thanks for all the reviews! I'll be sure to check out more of your poetry. And we're not that far apart in age. Awesome.

This is very good in itself, I think. I'm pretty sure I get the meaning but I agree in that it would be nice to have another couple of stanzas after this one. I am impressed with this though.

Very nice. I like it.

I like this idea. I think you could really expand on it and make it an even better poem; describe the house, the antiques, the noises the heart is making, the smells and sights and tastes of everything. Thinking about it, using "old" seems either a bit repetitive or else . . . I'm not sure what the word is I'm looking for, but it makes it seem as though the beating isn't that unique, is just your everyday heartbeat. Which may have been what you were going for. I'm not sure, because the poem was so short. So take some time and think about expanding it. You have a good start. Keep writing! :)

You're right. It does make me think and i'll probably be thinking about it for a while now!
Keep up the osome work!