The drum beat called and round the circle cast

Figures danced to the call of spirit.

Feet beat a steady rhythm against the bare earth

Hands made love to the energy soaring through the air

As the ecstatic rhythm flowed through each

Into a state of beatific trance.

A chant was lifted, the drum beat reached crescendo

And a yell of spirit called out through the throat of flesh

Ecstasy poured out through fire and music

Into flesh and throughout nature surrounding.

Bodies...

Calmed,

Floating in the aftermath

Spectral images, once flesh, yet now transformed

All grew dim and quieted

As a gentle evening breeze

And in that moment, unity.