"The Drum"

written by Jennifer Coomes

Speaking through 
The deep beats
Dark beats
Light beats
Angry beats
The softness leaks
As what is held
Within
Pours through
As alignment 
Stirs to awaken 
Anew

It’s necessary
The spirit calls
You must release
You must let go
You must move on
The past is only
An energy you hold
If you give it power
To control you

The emotions 
You feel
It is time to 
Understand
Give them freedom
In the proper places
The drum 
Will receive them well
The teacher says

Soft
Hard
Fast 
Slow
You can let them go
Here
The drum
Will hold them for you
Shape them
Build something new

It’s okay
Find your rhythm
Don’t distress
The spirit 
Will renew you
Not confine you
You do not need 
To pretend here
It is all present
All available
All revealing
Your heart says so
The drum knows so

So it’s time 
To let it receive
Give it away
So the drum 
Can transform you
And wash away
All that saddened you
Framed you
Blamed you
Hurt you
Poisoned you
It’s the drum
That becomes you
Now

All you need 
Is to give your hands
Your beat
Your body
Your soul
It will do all 
The rest
For you
So listen
Do not carry 
The past
Nor the pain
That trained your brain
Your heart
To conceal
It’s time to heal

Reveal
Play the drum
Let its gift
Surround you
As its voice
Now speaks
To make music
And Joy
That converses
Beyond the verses
And through
All the walls
We keep

Just close your eyes
Let your hands
Speak
So that the 
Greater love will meet. ♥

Special Gratitude to Frank Thompson and AZ Rhythm Connection for inspiring the healing energy of the drum.