Boom… Boom… Boom…

The sound filled the people’s heads,

It invaded their thoughts,

They knew not the cause nor origin,

But it gripped them tight,

It filled their words with passion and lust.

Boom… Boom… Boom…

The sound echoed through the papers,

The radios,

The tvs,

It filled all the media with its cry,

Its call to power.

Boom… Boom… Boom…

It roared through the streets,

This sound, so loud, so powerful

It shook the very foundations of the world around it.

Boom… Boom… Boom…

It sounded through the chambers,

The delegates could all hear it,

Though few thought to question it,

All where overpowered by it.

Boom… Boom… Boom…

Slowly intensifying it was to be heard,

By all the members of the world,

It would not be unknown,

This sound that could not be found.

Boom... Boom… Boom…

It flew across the seas,

Soon to be accompanied by an entire orchestra,

Clicks and bangs,

Yells and cries,

Engines of diesel

Boom… BoOm… BOOM…

The world held it’s breath,

The sound so intense,

As it crescendoed,

Towards a climax that no one could predict,

One that seemed to make time stand still.

……….

The sound stopped,

It’s spell broken,

Everyone fully awakened to the cost,

Of listening to that racing melody,

Each one regretful,

Sorrowful that they had been overcome

By the dark,

Merciless beating of that drum.

……..

Each made a vow that day,

The day the sound had stopped,

They would not let it ever be heard again,

It would be forever behind them,

Beneath them,

They would never pay the price to listen,

To the dark melody again,

…………

Boom…. Boom… Boom….