djembe

between my knees
i hold you
palms open
i stroke your skin

circular gestures
warm
awaken

i tap
timidly
unsure

you respond
vibrational whisper
baritone

your reply
coaxes me
for more

i relax
more confident
tap again

around me
others echo
bass, tone, slap

eyes close
body sways
breath flows

hands beat
wrists pulse
feet tap

tempo quickens
euphonic tapestry
dulcet harmony

rhythms of the earth
colors of the rainbow
celestial crescendo

aural prisms beckon
voice of our origin
ancestral choir
together one

language of djembe


january 20, 2oo8
judithpiper

the rain today....

is

like

my

saliva

C

O

P

I

O

U

S

gravity pulls the rain

drop by drop

gravity pulls my body

cell by cell

the rain will

STOP

i hope my symptoms

do

the

same

S

T

O

P

the sun will shine again

in fact

it is shining now

the rain is just 

a curtain

i cannot dance today

but i can envision dancing

sun or rain 

yes

i will dance

in the rain

and let my dreams know

i haven't forgotten them...

If I were invincible...

If I were invincible
I'd visit a terrorist camp

I would bring music
Happy music
Feel good music

Music that makes your cells
Bounce

And while the music played
I would dance

Right there
In the middle of the training base

The true militants would be angry
Very angry
They would try to riddle my body with lead

But since I am invincible
No lead can harm me

And I dance
And I smile
And with my eyes
And with my hands
And with my body
I invite others

Won't you come dance, too?

Some militants
Who aren't really militants
But rather doubters
Slowly join in

And they dance
And they smile

And the true militants get angry
Very angry
And they try to riddle the doubters' bodies with lead

But since the doubters are dancing
They too are invincible
No lead can harm them

If I were invincible
That is what I would do