A Stopping Heart

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You looked at me face to face.

Eyes locked on me.

My heart started racing.

My heart started to stop.

I guess I have a stopping heart.

You walk near me.

You talk to me.

So quietly.

I can barely hear you.

I can barely breathe

With a stopping heart.

Your eyes stopped my heart.

My heart can't go on

For much longer because of my loss of breath.

I can't speak.

I'm tongue tied.

I get this way when I see you.

I have a stopping heart.

But it cries when you leave.

I don't want you to leave.

Force my heart to start again.

Cure this heart that you stopped.

I have a stopping heart,

And I can breathe.