Music From a Pale Mind

Joint Poetry by Venkataraman L.N. and Joseph Kurian

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Rhythm II (reprise)

6 of 10 in the Jemverse series ‘Music II’

As the music fades
with the rhythm of my drum
I am still dancing

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Dancing to life (reprise)

5 of 10 in the ‘Music II’ series from Jemverse

I danced on a quay at Emsworth
playing a really big drum
The crowds from the town all following us
and everyone having fun

I danced with Pride in Brighton
‘neath a rainbow coloured flag
The crowds of people partying
in the sun made me feel glad

The dance, the drum

Sometimes when no one is watching
I will dance around my name
with a loud drum always banging
which never sound the same
Yes, it’s always rhythmic
but the pattern’s one of change
Its signature and syntax
quite often rearranged

Drum

The wooden floors vibrated
from the sound of many drums
Rhythm everywhere around
enjoyed by everyone
And I danced to special timbre
pulsated by the beat
from heart and soul and head and hands
right down to my feet

Leaves falling

Today there are leaves falling
It is time for fleeces
and hot cocoa and open fires
Long walks in crisp air with
a quickening stride
and fleeting looks

Rhythm…

As the music fades
with the rhythm of my drum
I am still dancing

Distant Drums

As beat of distant drums
Juggle in the ears
Pricked by the waves
Of hope across the horizon

The Who Is In The Why

I spent ten years on the lam,
Ten years spent I on the bum,
Went I in search of Who I am,
Marching to the beat of my own drum,
For the better part of a decade
I examined every choice I made
Believing the Who is in the Why
I looked myself in the eye,
I gazed deep into my Heart and Soul,
I excavated all the crap I used to fill the hole