[today]Dec 21st, 2007 6:54:29 am - Subscribe

the dance;
the tribal rite -
the drum:
thud
thud
slam

pound -
the beating
of a heart:
my heart
a drum:
thud
thud
slam

what comes
I know not,
but the
pounding
rhythm
hints of pain.

my heart,
thud
thud
slam,
warns me
to be afraid.

reckless tempo;
wild dance:
all is not
as it ought -
thud
thud,
slam

oh, something
is wrong;
I daren't
seek the truth -
the fire leaps;
the drum -
thud
thud
slam -

my heart
pounds harder,
terror rising.
this dance,
an ancient one
thud
thud
slam:

I know not
what I fear -
thud
thud
slam -

my heart,
the drum,
is wiser.
thud
thud
slam.

[I am]wary and afraid.