Thankful For This Old Heart

I give thanks for my heart, it once was young but now it fades

To beat with every second in time a pulse, a breath of blood and life

A living organ with miraculous gift, it lives, it touches, it hurts, it listens

This heart loves, passion, desire, this heart breaks of failure, suffering, sadness, losses

This heart heals our wounds from the inside, though it may be old

It still gives life, I hold my old heart in my hand, I wear it on my sleeve

I look up and tears fall to my feet as I thank you for its beat

The heart of my world, my life, my love, even my disease

I give you this old heart as you have given your heart to me

Dedicated to my Uncle Bob who died from Prostate Cancer which advanced and spread