Tim W. Brown

Heart
is a Drum

Tim W. Brown

"I
want I want I want"
is
a refrain you will hear
if
you listen close enough.
Its
source is the heart:
a
beat is heard as blood
reverberates
in ears, pulse
is
felt inside the wrist.
It's
a two-step rhythm that
everyone,
even the unmusical,
has
a feel for, vibrations
propelling
us on a march
in
this parade called life.
It
echoes and resonates
through
the chest cavity,
attuning
the listener with
just
how big and hollow,
like
a bass drum, we are,
how
much we ache to fill
the
world with our noise.

The Summer Gazebo Readings are held each Monday evening at 7pm in June, July & August. Each evening 4-5 authors and poets share their work from our Gazebo on Schoolhouse Green in Oceanside, NY. SGR is produced by the Kiwanis Club of Oceanside. Funds raised through sponsorships help send underprivileged kids to Kamp Kiwanis each summer. This summer marks our 7th season