Pierced…

Hiatus comes from the Latin hio, which means a yawning or an opening. 

A familiar-looking sister word is portal.   

Think: a yawning grave.   

Now that is an interesting portal. 

Hiatus is also familiar to anatomical language, referring to an opening, especially in an organ. 

e.g. the Hiatus aorticus is a hole in your diaphragm. 

Your aorta goes through there. 

All your life blood goes through a hole in the thing that gives you breath. 

How about that.