you ran across the yard and turned your back your brother he watched and in the grass he sat the neighbor kid with a loaded gun and car he fired a shot and the bullet grazed your heart the doctors they watched you close and held their breath and some would believe in a miracle they witnessed the bullet stopped short and broke one of your ribs a hospital bed and a second chance to live you re closer to death the neighbors they left ashamed of what he did their son they hid and all of the rest your days that are left upon your chest a scar a gift your heart never stopped i was afraid of what a friend told me a burst of light and the harsh reality he could recall a voice so comforting but still it was hard to know what to believe i looked away as my head absorbed the facts and ran through the house until i reached the back i couldn t help but be taken with the fear it s unavoidable but he is always near i was closer to death and i would have guessed it was my turn to go he told me so and the all of the rest of my days that are left upon my chest a scar a gift my heart never stopped
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