Ether

The ticking of my mechanical heart keeps me up at night when I'm not in the city In the city it hides in shouts, sirens Coming and going, leaving and staying Just like my heartbeat Restless Eager Tossing Turning Once the hard floor I lie awake Listening to my heart beat overlapped by my shallow breathing The walls pressing down, the tree's shadow scraping at stars To gouge them out of a moonless sky Clutching and clawing into the endless There is nowhere to go