Elemental Dance- 4
The drums beat through the earth like thunder, strong and steady. The flute sang out with a clear beautiful melody, twining around the stars and the dancers like the velvet wind. The fumiko harmonized with the flute, a low tune that ignited a flame through the inhabitants of the circle, tying together the notes with flickering grace. The sitar clarified the haunting song like droplets of rain falling onto a mirror, giving the dancers an otherworldly beauty that none but they would ever possess…
The dancers of air, earth, water and fire
Can walk but one path,
Through the streams and the woods
Towards the Heavens and their wrath
Air in Laughter
Power in Earth
Water in Tears
Lust in Flame
The gods have deemed it so
A circle once defined
Shall balance the earth
Like yin and yang confined.
The sitar fell silent, echoing over the surface of the water and through their souls. The fumiko faded away having released its magic on the gathered, and leaving the embers to cast a satisfied glow. The flute wavered and swept away with the breeze, having left a merry feeling in the gathered. The drums slowed until they were but a mere remembrance in the pulse of their masters. The dancers fell into the arms of their mates and slept beneath the stars, having found their recluse, their heaven in hell…
Notes:
A sitar is an Indian guitar-type instrument. It sounds beautiful and, in some pieces, is meant to personify the sound of rain.
Other than that, I hope you enjoyed it and I thank the person who reviewed me. I hope you're catching some of the symbolism I've tried to put in this un-edited story of mine.