Palpitation

occasionally, my heart will flutter
faster, faster, beating faster
so that I panic, fear the ending
which only makes it flutter,
faster

it sends cold shivers up my spine
down my legs, throughout my nerves
shaking, trying to warm
which only makes me shiver,
harder

palpitating, I looked it up
to beat in an abnormally
fast, fast, faster way
exertion, fear, anxiety
referring to the heart

it hurts a bit, only ever a bit
I feel as though life slips away
flutter, harder, shaking, shiver
my heart drums out the beat,
faster

I cringe, and nearly cry
I feel
death
closer, closer, closer still
it flutters by, brushing against
my soul that keeps me living
longer

it isn’t through love
or anxiety, or fear,
and never exertion, always
just random, coming, scraping
fluttering faster than before

fearing for my life
every day
heart palpitations growing
beating faster, faster, faster
then they ever beat before