My Heart Beats

The pain of medical issues

My Heart Beats

My heart beats to a different sound,

Erratic, loud, and so profound,

Beats my heart to a different sound, 

Makes me want to fall on the ground,

Beats my heart again to a different sound.

My lungs breathe to a different sigh,

Feels like telling the world goodbye, 

Breathes my lungs to a different sigh, 

Deep down it makes me want to cry, 

Breathes my lungs again to a different sigh.

My eyes see to a different view,

How I wish they were brand-new,

Sees my eyes to a different view, 

Glassy and sunken is their hue,

Sees my eyes again with a different view.

My ears hear to a different tone,

Buzzing and ringing they forever drone,

Hears my ears to a different tone,

The cause of pain still unknown,

Hears my ears again to a different tone.

My head thinks in a different way,

If only my thoughts I could convey,

Thinks my head in a different way,

To go without suffering for even a day,

Thinks my head in a different way.

My body fights a different foe,

Headfirst cast into the throe, 

Fights my body to a different foe,

In my dreams I cry out NO!

Fights my body to a different foe.

My heart beats to a different sound,

How much longer until I’m found,

My lungs breathe to a different sigh,

I really do fear that I’ll die,

My eyes see to a different view,

All the pain that I've accrued,

My ears hear to a different tone,

Into the very flames I am thrown,

My head thinks in a different way,

To have even a little say,

My body fights a different foe.

taking on numerous blows.

Reviews

[John the Baptist]

The speaker here describes a catalogue of medical conditions that are enough to overwhelm the strongest of wills. There is an indication that the fight is starting to seem not worthy of the ongoing effort. One can only wish well and hope the tide somehow begins to turn.