heart surgeons, astronauts & new lovers

heart surgeons, astronauts & new lovers

"Up front I tell you it is only an appreciation of two people who are doing something

both dangerous and necessary. Like heart surgeons, astronauts, like new lovers."

—Introduction (Jonathan Carroll, 1992), Signal to Noise (Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean)

(a)

it is no delicate thing

to open a chest

through breastbone

to reach a failing heart

to take that living pulse

in your hands. . .

(b)

like moving toward the capsule

in a suit that gives you life

and leaves you clumsy

as a clown climbing stairs

because you trust the thrust

of rocketships. . .

(c)

though not as much as the gravity

of everything you see in her

whose eyes and voice

twist your heart

and send your mind

soaring skyward. . .