Listen with fingertips caressing the window
Fluttering heartbeats, keening for life
Drumming
Weeping
Raining
Listen with bare feet careening across the floor
Hysteric breaths, feathers falling
Striking
Screaming
Fleeing
Listen with hair strewn on the pillow
Gossamer wings, combating the wind
Falling
Restraining
Drowning
Listen with your ear to a shell
Boundless sea of heartbeats forgotten
Pleading
Diminishing
...Conquered.
