beats like a breath

over the hills
and into the valley
sits my heart still like a stone
it beats like a drum
hammering time
marking the meter
marking the rhyme
it waits for the sun
to set into the sea
such a long day
and it feels like the beating
will see no reprieve
its become the voice
of this valley that is over the hill
a song so constant
silence has faded from memory
it beats like a breath
to stop would be death