You are the drummer, you are not the beat. What a tune. We play a silence from the string and snare. It is love that thumps against the ear. Without this love, the music is a lie.
I think I wrote this. I was going back through some old journals from the early '90's and came across this- kind of liked it. But then, I thought it might be a Rumi knock-off. For any Rumi fan out there, let me know if you think I'm stealing. Thanks