Nogumie

I have a single heartbeat locked and boxed in glass It's tucked beside my window and sheltered from the past I water it quite often with honeydew and milk It reaches for the sunshine with petals pruned of silk At night It whispers softly and dances for the moon It beats in gentle hiccups and wakes me in the noon I've bound it on a kite-wire I've watched it fly away Too many times it's broken I should leave it on display