THUMP

Hearts
pounding,
an audible
rhythm
pulsing, pulsing
blood pumping,
food, oxygen
to every cell
how lives
maintain mind
from today
to tomorrow
to next week
to year before last
souls soaring
for peace and
more thanks
a generic pat
on the shoulder
answer me
answer me
I am still inside
After Kevorkian died
Self-served or
An easy glide
To the otherside
I am happily
living unbound
dying to be freed
no more lost for me
forever found