Life
persists.
forcing its way
to the surface
bobbing to the top
of this
-barrel of blood-
cluster of sentience

the
opportunity to
continue: livingbreathingpumping
fluids against
the artery wall,

makes a kind of
celtic serpent knot
through
ventricle ventricle
atrium atrium

this biology
perennial,
and I,
grasping, relying.
just as one
reaches into the darkness
for a pull switch
to illuminate a room
knowing
that it will be there
ready,
to submit to the tug.