Can You Hear the Drums Beating

 

I can hear the drums beating

When I lie in bed at night

All alone

Their sounds run through me

Reminding me

Reminding me of a simpler life

A time when man and nature lived together 

As one

The spirits walked through the forest

And we knew them by name

They spoke to us

And we listened

Now they simply choke on what we call air

They wonder if we have forgotten

For our words are foreign to them now

As are our names

White Horse and Running Bear

Have become Bill or Ted

Yet we still remain their children

Their last hope

Yes

I can still hear the drums beating

When I lie in bed at night

All alone

And they are beating in all of us

We may not recognize them as we used to

We might just mistake them

Mistake them

For the beating of our hearts

 

Ed Roberts 5/24/02