My Pulse

Something flickers in my hand
Between my finger and my thumb
Something leaping; something live
Between my finger and my thumb
My skin up close is a desert cracked
Between my finger and my thumb
Pink diamonds intersect with lines
Between my finger and my thumb
A beat that shows that I'm alive
Between my finger and my thumb
Blood that flows from feet to brain
Between my finger and my thumb
One life; one girl; one human shell
Between my finger and my thumb
Surrounded by shells just like my own
Between my finger and my thumb
A country, then soon a planet full
Between my finger and my thumb
And then black space expanding yet
Between my finger and my thumb
Filled with voids and exploding stars
Between my finger and my thumb
Who am I, in these endless skies?
Do I exist? The answer lies
Between my finger and my thumb.