Ten (times two) Haiku Motif on the Living Heart ©
Day in and day out
There are wow things happening
Take time to notice
Things that challenge us
Things that sustain us inside
Only with our help
You can only live
For example if your heart
Continues beating
Maybe you have learned
That electrical signals
Sustain our heart beats
It is true and it
Is miraculous so how
Is this possible
It turns out that the
Heart has an electrical
Battery built in
Let me tell you how
Those electrical signals
Are generated
Of this miracle
We can only say just wow!
Not our idea
Similar to an
Alkaline battery there’re
Elements that mix
The elements come
From the nutrients we eat
Food we must consume
The elements the
Body needs are sodium
Calcium and more
The others needed
Magnesium together
With potassium
Our bodies mix these
Correctly so now we have
Electricity
The signals are sent
To the heart muscles telling
Them it’s time to beat
It is our job to
Eat the proper foods so our
Signals function right
If we are made of
Star stuff coming together
A great humbling thought
Step back and just think
A battery much the same
As a triple A
Is right there in just
The right place in the right way
Just to sustain us
Be amazed, humbled
Thank God it is not by chance
Also do your part
Be mindful of your
Responsibilities to
Your own well being
This poem was inspired by the care that I got from the Cardiac Rehab team Lynn and Amie at my cardiologist’s hospital