"Like an African Drum" Poetry

Could I just have you for a lifetime that starts with now?

Could we be in our own world?

Could I make you happy starting tomorrow?

Today?

I love you to the stars and back

To the other worlds

To the other dimensions

Around our universe, a million times

And back again to my home

Your heart

Beating like an African drum

I can feel the rhythm flowing through my shoulders

down to my hips, and in my toes

My feet caress the ground as

I dance to the rhythm of your heart

A rat-a-tat-tat

And you are mine

All mine.

Published in 2016, 50th Edition of Drexel's Maya Literary Magazine

PARIS GRAMANN