Tension [#3 Rocky]

Tension

         for Rocky

The heart falters or the head feels faint. How one moves through the air on a Harley or flies throughout life. One false lean, one slip on the ice …and it’s over. How the heart falters as old age sneaks in to gum up the pipes, makes the pump build up pressure, begs it keep beating ...but not so fast ...until it bursts some day or stops. Does it matter? Was it a heart-filled life lived to the max? Only hearts know.

And how the head hammers to the pulse of the pump, how the pressure builds up like a boiler ready to blow. What’s a migraine if not a gasket ready to go. Now the meds have kicked in and the blood pressure lowers. Now the need to be careful when changing positions, how blood sloshes like a pan full of slush, how fainting frightens oneself till the old plumbing adjusts. Then the relief as old blood runs its course like a Vette.

Then it’s flowing to the finish, not finished yet.

© Kåre Enga [168.189] #3 November 1, 2011

Note to self, Previous: The heart falters or the head feels faint. How one moves through the air on a Harley or flies though life. One false lean, one slip on ice …and it’s over. How the heart falters as old age sneaks in to gum up the pipes, makes the pump build up pressure, begs it keep beating ...but not so fast. Will it burst some day or it will stop. Does it matter? Was it a heart-filled life lived to the max? Only hearts know.

And how the head hammers to the pulse of the pump, how the pressure builds up like a boiler ready to blow. What’s a migraine if not a gasket ready to go. Now the meds have kicked in and the blood pressure lowers. Now the need to be careful when changing positions, how blood sloshes like a pan full of slush, how the fainting frightens oneself till the old plumbing adjusts. Then feel the old blood running it’s course like a Vette.

It’s flowing to the finish, not finished yet.