Tuesday, 26 January 2016

V. 2. / 167.) The Distant Drummer




The distant drumbeat of another drummer
A long way off I heard it . . .
A thing which could not possibly be

Wandering along the wet and winding road
The steady beat of some little drum . . .
Stopping to listen, wondering where it was
Then slowly walking forward towards
The loud but tiny sound, which was quite
Magical to me, I felt the lightness shiver

Safe, settled, within my inner world
I heard and saw the things we seldom see
And sent to care and search I found
The cause of that which had been drawing me

Nothing but an empty small black can of drink
Beneath a dripping roof --- and yet it made
This penetrating sound that spoke of Love’s own
Heartbeat and the ceaseless drops of love upon
A useless, broken, empty vessel, lying in a drain




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