The Heart of the Matter

You know the heart is like a motor, the motor of the body. If the heart goes bad, then everything else may.

My heart is trembling. It is pounding, rapidly beating, fluttering… as if it does not belong to me, as if locked inside wanting to come out. Can’t breathe, but not suffocated. There’s too much air to take in, but I am short of it.

I feel so weak, so fragile. I lack strength. I look pale. Not enough blood in my nerves, not enough meat on my bones. I asked myself, “How did I end up here?”

When everything else seems to go wrong, there’s one sure thing you can get right: carry on. But..