One big heartbeat

Boom - Boom - Boom

under

my skin

my heart pumps blood through my arteries

in steady, deep beats

like the intertwined roots of this tree

under the dark soil

pump life through its branches

Boom - Boom - Boom

a faint sound of the drum

calling us home

does not my heart dream

the same melody

the same mystery

does it not beat for the same truth

as this tree?

does not the sun rise every morning

With the fiery hope exploding from its core

that we unite

as one

big heartbeat?