Drums

rhythm, dreams, words and music, love and desire

            Drums

 

 

I hear drums in the distance

Drums in the distance

 

Let go of the nightmare

Let go of the dream

Let go of the story

Get away clean

 

Nothing follows

But echoes of echoes of

Echoes of drums

 

African skins

Empty rhythm

No place to hide

 

I watched you slit your wrists

Bleed on all your friends

In that horrible silence

We could not see past the blood you shed

 

I hear drums in the distance

Drums

 

Your father was desperate

Your mother unaware

You found the body

It’s loud in here

 

Nothing follows

But echoes of echoes of

Echoes of drums

 

African skins

Empty tempo
No where to run

 

I cried when you went away

Alone as a stone

The time rushing over

Could not smooth over my jagged edges

I hear drums in the distance

Drums

 

Now we all play the game

Called don’t say a word

But we all feel the pain

And we carry the hurt

 

Nothing follows but

Echoes of echoes of

Echoes of drums

 

African skins

Empty cadence

No time to save

 

Your smile is a serpent

Your eyes two liars

Do not fall for the therapy

The crazy man screams

 

I hear drums in the distance

Drums in the distance

Drums

 

Sing to me brother

I miss your voice

Author's Note

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