The Sound

I think I hear something, a slow and painful sound.
A sound so deep in tone and so loud in my ears.
A sound that no one else seems to notice.
A sound that I have yet to find its source.
A sound that I'm sure will end soon.
A sound....

Thump-thump.....thump-thump.......... thump-thump................ thump-thump.......................

Each time the sound gets softer.
Each time the sound gets farther and father apart.
Each time the sound hurts my chest. But each time the pain eases.

Thump-thump...............thump-thump...........................thump-thump....................................thump-thump...

Slower and slower.
Farther and farther apart.
Each time.
It's in my chest...

Thump-thump....

The sound is no longer in my ears only a ringing...... and now silence..

The sound was my heart..... it no longer hurts, it no longer makes a sound... it no longer beats.

It is finally still...