Spirit Of The Drum

About making a drum this weekend with a good friend Kaz.

I feel you inside me

You want to get out

You were once a tree

And now you want to shout

 

You were a tall Douglas Fur

Standing proud, individual

Nothing could make you stir

Below you was always cool

 

To shape you, form you

Is my chore

Within you I instill my Heart true

My Soul becomes your core

 

Your beauty I feel with my hands

Sanding, sanding bringing you out

You will journey with me to many lands

As we take our story all about

 

For I was the boy, denied the drum

But now a senior, dream come true

The young man makes me feel welcome

To take this gift of music we hew

 

For the rhythm will come in time, in time

Our hands will find their way there

It is our Hearts that must match the rhyme

Of the sound of our true Hearts care

 

The rhythm is alive, it lives within

It can be found in our sound

For it will ring true this sacred drum given

It will resonate, it will ground

 

I put my Heart into this drum

I put my Soul within its space

I put my Sweat to be part of her sum

I put my Spirit in every lace

 

The head is shaped with special care

Ensure it is smooth, round and true

For the skin will fit and not ware

That she will always sound as new

 

The rings we wrap with cloth on steel

Tie the rope to tighten her down

Place the head where we will feel

That within her sound, our cares will drown

 

We tie the knots and draw them tight

We pull them taught to ensure she's true

We become part of her, gives us insight

And her sound will always be part of you

 

Listen now you will hear her speaking

She is saying something you need to know

Her spirit is what you have been seeking

And here in this spirit together you grow

 

For this is the Spirit of the Drum

It took her over a hundred years to meet you here

And now you are one with her Hum

And how many thousand for you my dear

 

And now that she is complete

You go off together to cherish each other

You will always remember this time so sweet

When the young man brought you both together