Style: Hip Hop / Rap — storytelling, mid tempo

[Intro — spoken]

Winston had taught philosophy for forty-five years...

He was used to pausing before answering...

But his heart was pausing too — and that was different...

[Verse 1]

Winston was a thinker — slow and methodical,

Every word considered — nothing ever comical,

Seventy-eight years old — sharp as any knife,

But something in his rhythm changed — something in his life.

Dizzy spells at random — sitting at his desk,

Heart would seem to skip a beat — putting him to test,

Felt like the world was tilting — just for half a second,

Winston wrote it in his journal — carefully beckoned.

[Pre-Chorus]

Family pushed him to the doctor — wife was very firm,

Said Winston you keep going pale — it's time to confirm,

Pulse was slow and sometimes pausing — fifty beats and less,

Doctor said let's look at this — time to reassess.

[Chorus]

Winston's heart is pausing — signal getting blocked,

Message from the top not reaching — pathway getting locked,

Upper chamber sends a beat — lower one delays,

Winston's heart is pausing — longer than it pays.

[Verse 2]

Tracing showed the upper beat — and then a longer wait,

Lower beat arriving after — running slightly late,

Some beats getting through just fine — others getting lost,

Signal being blocked somewhere — counting up the cost.

Medications were the culprit — one that slowed things down,

Doctor stopped it carefully — watching every round,

Heart rate came back up a little — but not all the way,

Winston still had pauses — longer every day.

[Bridge]

Cardiologist said Winston — the wiring is the problem,

Years of wear and age and scarring — tried to solve them,

Small device beneath the collarbone — wires to the heart,

Monitors the pausing — jumps in — does its part.

Fires when the heart is slow — keeps the rhythm steady,

Winston barely feels it — always there and ready,

Philosophy continued — classes in the fall,

Winston's heart is paced now — never skips at all.

[Outro]

Winston teaches two days a week — still loves the classroom air,

Device beneath his collarbone — students unaware,

Pulse is steady fifty-five — never drops below,

Winston's heart is guided now — everywhere he'll go.

“Winston’s Story”