DRUM OF PEACE

As lions clutch their faces

The patient deer hung so gently

Panting to have their daily bread

Lines apart

Thus unite

A blazing heart

Hunted for joy

Like a charming maiden

Calling for attention

Patients though

Hard as rock

All the same

Longing for chill

The joy of the moonlight

Flashing lights of the stars

Melos the chamber

Of my beast

A cracked hole

Moist mud

Stained garment

Rage of tigers

Canopy of trees

Hosts of termites

Multitude of ants

Gangs of terror

Dragons of disaster

Echoing

Enough!

The leopard’s skin

Untouched by rain

Softens the rocks

Soothing the bones

Whispering fragrant

Words of peace