If Only a Thousand Heartbeats
                                                                         
                                                                                                  by  F. John Sharp


                                                                                          You are a fog

                                                                                          I walk in the gray

                                                                                          darkness cutting a path

                                                                                          eddies of misty worry

                                                                                          swirling in my wake

                                                                                          clinging to eyelashes

                                                                                          I blink to the beat

                                                                                         your weakening heart

                                                                                          sound carries

                                                                                          search for a clearing

                                                                                          you on a blanket

                                                                                          I've brought wine

                                                                                          a kiss to make you whole

                                                                                          step after step

                                                                                         follow your voice

                                                                                         singing to me We

                                                                                        are not yet there

                                                                                       and I am not

                                                                                       to give up my hike.