{"id":59,"date":"2015-10-04T13:41:43","date_gmt":"2015-10-04T12:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tompass.co.uk\/?p=59"},"modified":"2015-10-13T22:08:28","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T21:08:28","slug":"first-short-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.tompass.co.uk\/?p=59","title":{"rendered":"First short story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thought I&#8217;d post some short stories every week or so, keep the blog interesting whilst I wait for more news.<\/p>\n<p>The beauty of a heartbeat.<\/p>\n<p>A instant, a moment, a breath. A heart, this muscle, this red beast that forces the crimson liquid to rush around a mechanism of cells and chemistry. This single moment in which so much energy, so much power is supplied to a wondrous synchronisation of organic material. A heartbeat, also a word to describe a moment, the a single flap of a butterfly\u2019s wings as it descends upon a pebble in a pool, a ripple across a still lake that reflected the solar rays drifting in-between the clouds, a single droplet bounding, mixing, and bouncing back out of the body in which it fell, before it is assimilated into the mass of liquid in which it joined.<\/p>\n<p>A heartbeat, it fluttered and skipped as the mind above connected with another, their heartbeats fell into sync as their lips brushed against one another, a perfect harmonious connection of two souls, two heartbeats. The gliding leaves fell around them, a bird chirped above under the red of the sunset, its wings flapping to the beat of the hearts below.<\/p>\n<p>Out there, a million miles away, atoms crashed and smashed in the space between that beating, powering a star, an incredible sphere of power, of alluring light. Down between atoms, in the space between particles, in another dimension, a race, a civilisation flourished under the sound of the heartbeat, unbeknownst to the beauty of the beating above.<\/p>\n<p>Lup dup. Lup dup.<\/p>\n<p>He smiled to himself, all that was happening, all from the muscle within his chest.<\/p>\n<p>Hope you enjoyed! 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