all i can hear
is my heart
beating fast
i can feel
my blood
coursing through
every narrow vein
my breathing
seems to be
someone else
someone alive

over all of that
all the activity
going on in my mind
all the actions
taking place
those everyday
functions that
seem so insignificant
at any other
point in time

all i can hear
is this beeping
this long tone
that i cant even recognize
as a note
overpowering all
that i can think

it is consciousness

i just want it 
to go away
i want all of this
to stop

beating
at
my
blood