It's been broken <br />More than once <br />but doesn't seem to know <br /> <br />My heart keeps right on beating <br />It doesn't even slow <br /> <br />My brain just keeps on reeling <br />'Full speed ahead' it says <br /> <br />Some part of me keeps going <br />Not knowing I am dead.<br /><br />Terry Cooper<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-beat-goes-on-and-on-and-on/