The Heartbeat of Humanity

 Pressure
Builds beneath the surface
Of a blocked blood vessel.
Only a matter of time
Before it bursts
Killing all that surrounds it.

All around me are people
Holding in their pain,
Suppressing it,
Trying to ignore it.
Flashes of anger,
Waves of sadness,
Moments when one's will to live wavers.
Keep all of these hidden
Lest you're cast out forever.

The heartbeat of humanity
Grows more and more unsteady.
Yet nobody seems to hear it.
Nobody seems to know it's even there.
They know how they feel
But they can't see those emotions reflected around them.
Pain felt by all.
Pain close to bursting out
And destroying the world we hold dear.

How much longer until the 
Heartbeat of humanity
Shuts down for good?