The Rave
Linked to dVerse Poetics – May I have This Dance?
I am pretty new to WordPress and have discovered a whole community of writers. I came across a prompt by Dverse related to poetry and dancing. I have decided to share one poem from Old & UnWise – A Haphazard Collection of Poetry and Thought which will be out in March 2024. I am a poet. My daughter is a dancer. So I had to share this one.
The Rave
Throbbing booming
palpitating rhythms of life
Deep sonorous sounds
reaching the heart in resonance
Causing the sanguine flow
to turn into a rush
A rush of waves
beating the beach
In synchronicity
And as we dance
we leave fleeting footprints
flirting with the sand
The sand that flows
and keeps time
A gentle stream
interrupted by an electronic metronome
Driving syncopated sine waves
across the dance floor
The dance floor
swept by stroboscopic lights
Bodies whirl
in ancestral rhythms
Perforated in imagery
by intermittent illumination
The intermittent illumination
allows the mind
to drift into drumbeat darkness
Emotions and sounds
steer semi-autonomous limbs
into tribal rituals
The tribal rituals
of peace and war
Preparing for the hunt
The songs of plenty
The celebrations of love
The bonds of revelry
The bonds of revelry
where the colours
are the beats
The surrender and the freedom
are merged into the one
The one
The feeling of self
The awareness of life
The pumping within
and the thumping without
Joined in the abandonment
The abandonment
The rave
© Stephen Buttigieg 2024
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