Pulse

I learned at a young age that I have an enlarged heart. It has always beat steady and strong. I remember the first time it skipped a beat. Such an odd sensation. One minute everything is ok, next thing you know it's beating somewhat erratically. No, not like after a great work out, or after a run to catch the train. This is different, it stopped me in my tracks. What caused it? I have had crushes before and mild infatuations, but this was different, something more. Skip ahead into adulthood, I learned how to use this to weed through my emotions when encountering people I am attracted to. But for the longest I didn't feel this skip. I figured it was because of my new found health issues, for my heart was constantly beating out of whack. Then one day I laid my eyes on him. It wasn't the first time I had seen this man, but I was seeing his face in a new light. The way the dim, hazy bulbs highlighted his cheekbones and shaded the hollows of his face. Beautiful. And for the first time in years, my heart skipped. Such an odd sensation after all these years. I could feel my pulse, and my body seemed to come alive again.