This is an excerpt, a poem by Patrick Dominic from his collection Quasars and Black Holes, published by WingWorldWeb.

I’m Old

I’m old.
Where can I go?
You’re the one who
Keeps my heart beating,
Throbbing. The day it stops
I won’t see your lovely face any more.

Cover image by Howard Phillips on Unsplash. The copyright of this piece belongs to the author of this literary work.  

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