there is such heavy quietness..... <br />not even the sigh of a breath <br />just as the lung collapses again <br /> <br />there is that one hope dawning: <br />thought, is darkest, they say <br />just before the break of day <br /> <br />there isn't more than one heart <br />not even the murmur of a beat <br />just a singular knowing inside<br /><br />Frederick Kesner<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/darker-solitude/