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The Drum Beats On

A Poem

By Atomic HistorianPublished about a year ago Updated about a year ago 1 min read
The Drum Beats On
Photo by Swaroop B Deshpande on Unsplash

Thum-th-thum

Listen to the beat of the drum

It’s ethereal hum

Begging you to come

Thunk-ta-ta-tunk

The first came

From a felled trunk

Then came the skin

Stretched far and wide

We picked and cleaned their hide

Listen to the song

Whether a tap or a slide

We let the rhythm guide us

Feel the beat

It’s inside us

Hearts pounding

Always astounding

If you think too long

Of the odds against our existence

Always faced with resistance

In a hostile universe

To be the only ones

Would be a course

To avoid our extinction

At our own hand

Some think it was planned

By a hidden hand

But when everything wants to kill you

There’s nowhere to stand

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  • Randy Wayne Jellison-Knockabout a year ago

    And the beat goes on.

  • This was poignant and haunting. But so beautifully written!

  • Judey Kalchik about a year ago

    Is the drum’s sound the voice of the tree Calling for help?

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