8 Billion Hearts

 At this instant 8

billion hearts pump

fuel to burn for birth,

work, war, talk, love,

joy, grief, hope... and

to keep greed, fear,

faith, and learning alive.

Each heart the same:

muscles, valves,

arteries. Electric

currents. But invented

differences reign,

brainlessly, with terror,

as if each heart were

not of similar design.

It's always a good

time to change, none

better than now. How?

Keep asking. Think of

8 billion hearts, their

syncopated beats.

hans ostrom 2022