Heartbeat

Heartbeat

Cicadas:
Nature's never-ending rhythm section
Underpin
The distant tolling of three town church bells,
Ringing out
To summon the faithful to three Masses.

Beat clashes against beat:
Each bell chimes
At a tempo
Which seems fitting to
The taste of its ringer.

And the cicadas keep their steady beat
As the tolling ceases
And the faithful gather
To offer themselves
In bread and wine,
In Word and
Worship

Now:

A Mass,
Sacrament;
Continuing
A rhythm of praise,
Wonder, remembrance and

Eternal
Communal
Harmony.