Heartbeat...

Drumsound rises on the air,
its throb, my heart.


A voice inside the beat
says, "I know you're tired,
but come. This is the way."


- Rumi

` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` `
Version by Coleman Barks
"Birdsong"
Maypop, 1993