Drums

written ca.1991
somehow i fear i haven't changed...much.


Drums

Your heart beats fast,
drums beaten at night,
ears humming with sound,
my blood sings to you.

Your voice wakes
the sleeping child
to fly so high
into a starry sky

Your eyes 
knew my thirst,
they are my water
where i whirl with rage

Cradle me in your arms
until I burn myself,
hold me to be still
and breathe desire
in my murderous fire

You shall kill me
maybe
but I shall live
as a thorn and a wound

raw as Genghis Khan,
so very thirsty,
his mind aflame
and much too much alone

I shall burn the clouds,
devour the rains
and beat the Earth,
riding his horse:
thus I shall die

my tears boiling,
my last breath
to singe your mind