Flamenco

Sharing ones soul
with the thrum
of guitar.

The beat
of one's heart.
That ancient snap

of castanets.

Ageless voice singing
archetypes
of a nation.

Impassioned eyes.
Merging colors swirling
like snakes in heated ovens.

Manic-heeled feet
tap and rap out the anima
of Andalucia.

the earth shakes.
All sights and sounds merge
with that Flamenco-driven prayer,

as duende Explodes,
from dark soils,
into magic moments;

followed
by a tumultuous,
"Oleh!"