Drums Beat Deep: a poem by Leo Hartshorn

Lovers O lovers, lovers it is time to set out from the world. I hear a drum in my soul's ear coming from the depths of the stars.

The drum of the realization of the promise is beating, we are sweeping the road to the sky. Your joy is here today, what remains for tomorrow?---Sufi mystic Jalaluddin Rumi


Drums beat deep
in the dance of the cosmos
the rhythm of the universe
in the gyration of the galaxies
in the pulse of the planets
in the staccato of the stars

Drums beat deep
in the dance of the soul
the salsa of the spirit
in the the hammering of hope
in the playfulness of promise
in the flourishing of faith

Drums beat deep
in the spinning of the planet
the samba of the seasons
in the splash of sunrise
in the shout of spring
in the whisper of winter

Drums beat deep
in the ears of the soul
dancing spirits skyward