Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Taiko Drums

For three minutes today
I relinquished control of my heartbeats,
allowing the rhythmic pounding of
wood onto animal hide
to resonate through my whole being,
from rapt eyelash-tips
to tightly furled toes,
lightly knocking me out of breath
with each anticipated beat.

1 comment:

  1. perfect description of performing on taiko drums... I can imagine the sound reverberating through my chest simply by reading this!

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