rhythm

rhythm is the beat of fragile human hearts
rhythm is the way a techno remix starts
rhythm has a way of causing feet to dance
rhythm is the chaos of a brief romance

rhythm is the drum that leads young men to war
rhythm is a salesman knocking at your door
rhythm is a cricket chirping in the night
rhythm is the 'tap' that gives the blind girl sight

rhythm was, before the evening sun began
rhythm was, when woman gave herself to man
rhythm was the humming of a small boy's sling
rhythm was, as David danced before his King

rhythm is the herald of a thunderstorm
rhythm is the crackling of the fire warm
rhythm is the scratch of branches at the glass
rhythm is the murmur of the midday mass

rhythm is the howling of the shifting sands
rhythm is the clapping of an ocean's hands
rhythm is the labored breath of sweating slaves
rhythm is a crashing hull against the waves

rhythm has been threshing wheat at flour mills
rhythm has been smithing under ancient hills
rhythm has been pumping blood and drawing breath
rhythm has been twirling swords and cheating death

rhythm is the avalanche of rock and snow
rhythm is the skipping-rocks that children throw
rhythm is the fall of rain on earth so dry
rhythm is the sorrow of a seagull's cry

rhythm is the sweeping of a dusty floor
rhythm is the song you hear when high winds roar
rhythm is the thunder of a crowd's applause
rhythm is the snapping of the Pacman's jaws

rhythm is a blogger typing thought and verse
rhythm is the clinking of a stolen purse
rhythm is the scraping of a piece of chalk
rhythm is the tension of a ticking clock

rhythm will be: running when we're all called home
rhythm will be: praises at the Father's throne
rhythm will be: tears that fall from tired eyes
rhythm will be: trumpet-calls as spirits rise