With Every Heartbeat

It's not just my shoulders your heart
thrusts' upon, yearns to touch
the tips of my love.

Your heart is brave, patient and kind.
It beats with calm and steady fervor
leaps and lunges, pounds
across defenseless space,
if only to plant just a little fruit
with each sound,
each moment, each burst of love
filling my own heart,
my senses
with the same calm, steady strength
that is yours-

With just a sound,
you assure me, an undeniable
declaration that fills and draws
me closer and closer to
every breath
and every beat,
every breath
and every beat,
every breath
and every beat...

- J. Circosta, Tiny Poet, 2017